He has championed Defense and Energy Department programs, particularly the Nunn-Lugar program, which are designed to reduce the threat of proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons from the former Soviet Union. Senator Levin remains committed to continued U.S.-Russian nuclear weapon reductions and to improved relations between our two countries. Senator Levin's efforts to curtail the proliferation of nuclear weapons will continue as he works for Senate reconsideration of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Senator Levin and Army Col. Kevin Higgins of Detroit discuss the U.S. Army training program for Colombian Army counternarcotics troops with a Colombian soldier at Larandia military base in Colombia.
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The trip report of the SASC delegation also provides further information. Senator Levin supported the expansion of the NATO Alliance to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. He also supports efforts to permit NATO and other multinational coalitions to conduct multinational operations, thus sharing the responsibility for international security maintenance operations. In addition to his service on the Committee on Armed Services, Senator Levin is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He also serves as Co-Chairman of the Senate National Security Working Group, as he did for its predecessor, the Senate Arms Control Observer Group.