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nuclear weapons globally is a key element of strength-
ening 
the 
global 
stand 
against 
Iran 
and 
other 
proliferators; 
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty cuts the 
deployed weapons limits of Russian and United States 
nuclear weapons by 30 percent; 
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty relies on 
human resources educated and trained in the policy and 
practice of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruc-
tion; 
Whereas a trained, educated, capable cadre of academics and 
practitioners are necessary to reduce the risk of the pro-
liferation of weapons of mass destruction and improve the 
global capacity to eliminate nuclear weapons; 
Whereas Dr. William Potter established the James Martin 
Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey In-
stitute of International Studies in 1989 with a handful 
of Institute students and today has over 50 graduate stu-
dent research assistants and a full-time staff of more 
than 40 specialists located in offices in Monterey, Wash-
ington, DC, and Almaty, Kazakhstan; 
Whereas since its founding, the James Martin Center for 
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of 
International Studies has worked to reduce the threat 
posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 
and to educate and build communities of nonproliferation 
specialists worldwide; 
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Stud-
ies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 
strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruc-
tion by training the next generation of nonproliferation 
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specialists and disseminating timely information and 
analysis; 
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Stud-
ies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is 
the largest nongovernmental organization in the United 
States devoted exclusively to research and training on 
nonproliferation issues; 
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Stud-
ies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 
publishes the highly influential refereed journal, ‘‘The 
Nonproliferation Review’’, concerned with the causes, 
consequences, and control of the spread of nuclear, chem-
ical, biological, and conventional weapons; 
Whereas, on May 6, 2010, Deputy Director Leonard S. 
Spector of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation 
Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Stud-
ies testified before the House Subcommittee on Ter-
rorism, Nonproliferation and Trade in a hearing entitled 
‘‘The Future of U.S. International Nuclear Cooperation’’; 
Whereas for two decades, published reports, analyses, and 
public testimony from the specialists at the James Martin 
Center for Nonproliferation Studies have informed non-
proliferation policy as well as broader United States for-
eign policymaking; and 
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Stud-
ies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 
consists of interrelated activities organized to address five 
major areas of concern to nonproliferation, including the 
Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Pro-
gram, the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, the Edu-
cation Program, the International Organizations and 
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Nonproliferation Program, and the Newly Independent 
States Nonproliferation Program: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the contribution made by the 
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies 
at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to 
combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction 
by training the next generation of nonproliferation 
specialists and disseminating timely information and 
analysis; and 
(2) commends the James Martin Center for 
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute 
of International Studies on its 20th anniversary. 
Æ 
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