Lora Lumpe is the legislative representative on conventional weapons at Friends Committee on National Legislation and a coordinator of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs.

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America AWOL on Cluster Bombs

More than 100 countries are meeting to ban cluster bombs. Where’s the United States?

Military Training Programs: A Need for Oversight and Human Rights Courses

Congress should ensure effective public oversight of all training programs and resist President Bush’s request to drop human rights considerations as a pre-condition to military aid.

An Enron War on Terrorism

President Bush, undeterred by Congress and emboldened by his high ratings in the polls, is making new military investments in countries all over the world, while downplaying or keeping secret from the American people the problems that these investments wi

Small Arms Trade

The easy availability of light military weaponry contributes to international crime, terrorism, and internal conflict, which are some of Washington’s foremost security concerns.

    Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, Arms Trade, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (Non-Prolifer, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, School Of The Americas, Turkey, U.S. Aid, U.S. Military/Security Policy, Western Europe