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Debate Topic, 2001-2002

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

RESOLVED: That the United States federal government should establish policy significantly limiting the use of weapons of mass destruction.
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  • Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)
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    AULIMP is an index to articles, news items, and editorials from military and aeronautical English language periodicals. Search or browse the index of citations and link to electronic journals to retrieve the article. The index dates from 1990 and is updated quarterly. Be sure to browse the list of online journals on the main page that are indexed but for which links are not provided from the citations. Note that many journals do not provide online text prior to 1995.
  • Arms Control & Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
    http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/acda/
    This agency was absorbed by the Department of State (DoS) in April 1999. ACDA's Web site is archived as part of DoS's historical Web pages in the Electronic Research Collection of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Federal Depository Library Program. Information at the site dates from 1995.
  • Congress. House of Representatives. Armed Services Committee
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  • Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee
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    This Committee of the U.S. Senate has jurisdiction over issues relating to the military, development of weapons systems and national security. View the full-text of press releases, reports, bills, selected submitted testimony and other publications originating from the Committee.
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  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
    http://www.dtra.mil/
    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency safeguards America and its friends from weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives) by reducing the present threat and preparing for the future threat. The Web site, among other information, has a quarterly bibliographic review of the threat reduction literature and Web sites.
  • DefenseLINK
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  • Department of State
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  • Institute for National Strategic Studies
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    Established in 1984 as part of the National Defense University, the Institute for National Strategic Studies is the focal point for analysis of critical national security policy and defense strategy issues. Many publications are online.
  • JCSLink
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  • Joint Electronic Library
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    Visit the electronic library of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the full-text of publications, directives, research papers, Joint Force Quarterly, and other online materials.
    Other Debate Web Sites
  • High School Debate Topic 2001: Weapons of Mass Destruction
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate01.html
    Created for the Web by the University of Michigan Documents Center. This site has extensive links to online materials from government and non-government Web sites. Access to a few of the sites pointed to is restricted to University of Michigan library patrons.

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Reference Tools
  • Annual Report to the President and the Congress
    http://www.dod.mil/execsec/adr_intro.html
    The "Annual Defense Report," submitted by the Secretary of Defense to the President and the Congress, describes the capabilities of the Defense Department and how it is striving to meet the needs of the military of the future. Browse each year or search across multiple years from 1995.
  • Defense Almanac
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    Find statistical information about the Department of Defense, its people, equipment, funding and organization.
  • Department of Defense 101
    http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/dod101/
    Get a better understanding of how the Defense Department is organized, and how it works from this Web site or download the presentation as a PowerPoint presentation.
  • NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions
    http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/other_pubs/aap_6v.pdf
    This glossary contains military terminology and definitions agreed upon and used by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is the .pdf version of the NATO Only Terms database with French language included.
  • State Department: Mission Statement
    http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/dosstrat/2004/23503.htm
    Learn about the State Department. Find out who works there, what they do and how it is organized.
  • Treaties in Force
    http://www.state.gov/www/global/legal_affairs/tifindex.html
    Treaties in Force indexes the treaties and other international agreements in which the United States is currently a party. This publication is current through January 1, 2000.

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