Obama Admin Helps Undermine U.N. Arms Treaty Talks While Touting Record-High Weapons Sales Abroad

(Multimedia) Arms control advocates are blaming the Obama administration and Russia for last week's failed U.N. negotiations over the first-ever global agreement regulating the $60 billion arms trade. The United States -- the world's largest manufacturer -- had demanded a number of exemptions and ultimately said it needed more time to review the proposals. As the talks collapsed, a top State Department official openly bragged that U.S. government efforts have helped ... Full Story »

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companies like Smith & Wesson that made gun that was used in Aurora, the military style assault weapon, have given over a million dollars to the More »

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