PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 (TNSPol) -- The Association of American Cancer Institutes issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: At an event today, President Joe Biden announced a relaunch of the White House Cancer Moonshot. The new "long-form" moonshot takes a more measured approach to the president's goal to "end cancer as we know it" by cutting the cancer death rate in half within 25 years. To implement the plan, the administration will convene a "cancer cabinet" of government  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41219) on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions" by Nuclear Weapons Policy specialist Amy F. Woolf. START is the Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty. * * * Summary The United States and Russia signed the New START Treaty on April 8, 2010. After more than 20 hearings, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on December 22, 2010, by a vote of 71- more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R41219) on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions". START is the Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 5) Central Limits and Key Provisions Central Limits Limits on Delivery Vehicles The New START Treaty contains three central limits on U.S. and Russian strategic offensive nuclear forces; these are displayed in Table 1, below. First more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44235) on Jan. 28, 2022, entitled "Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee" by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion: * * * SUMMARY The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court exercises as the highest appellate more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44235) on Jan. 28, 2022, entitled "Supreme Court Appointment Process: President's Selection of a Nominee" by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion: * * * Background Investigations An important part of the selection process involves investigating the background of prospective nominees. In recent years the investigative effort generally has followed two primary tracks--one concerned wit more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Intelligence Agency issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2022: One phone call. That's all it took for Jim Danoy to find himself in the pages of the DIA history books. Danoy is no stranger to pivotal moments. His life story is full of moments that once only existed in the childhood dreams of a little boy from New York City. At a young age, Danoy enjoyed reading through his father's extensive library and studying the history and geo more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following issue brief (No. 5240) on Dec. 21, 2021, entitled "Seven Actions Russia Must Take Before Receiving Another Meeting with NATO". The issue brief was written by Daniel Kochis, senior policy analyst in European affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Alexis Mrachek, research associate in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, and Luke Coffey, director in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center f more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following issue brief (No. 5245) on Jan. 27, 2022, entitled "The Nuclear Posture Review Must Account for a Growing Chinese Nuclear Threat". The issue brief was written by Patty-Jane Geller, policy analyst for nuclear deterrence and missile defense. * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * The Nuclear Posture Review is a vital tool that provides the administration the opportunity to align U.S. policy, capabilities, and posture with current threa more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 31 (TNSPol)(TNScapV) -- Humanity and Inclusion, an organization that says it promotes disability rights, rehabilitation and ensure people live, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL)--U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition called on President Joe Biden today to set the U.S. on the right side of history by banning landmines, an inhumane weapon that threatens civilian lives. USCBL and 37 partners, including arms contro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (TNSPer) -- The National LGBTQ Task Force (formerly the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) issued the following news release: Barbara Satin, a transgender activist who has worked on issues of aging, faith, and gender justice, will retire from a long and successful career in advocacy and step down as Faith Work Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, where her responsibilities included working for the full inclusion of trans persons in communities of faith. The Task Force more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 5 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: The New Hampshire Democratic Party announced today that Minnesota's U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar will join Granite State Democrats on the Seacoast for a diamond celebration of one of New Hampshire's most beloved and illustrious political leaders, Senator Martha Fuller Clark. The Martha Fuller Clark Diamond Birthday Celebration will take place on Saturday, March 5 in Portsmouth,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) joined Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI-08) to introduce the Guaranteeing Enemy Nations Omit from Criminalizing, Impeding, or Detaining Exceptional Global Athletes Magnifying Exploitation during Sporting Events (GENOCIDE GAMES) Act. This legislation would impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials if athletes, fans more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) joined President Joe Biden at the White House to help reignite the 'Moonshot to End Cancer as We Know It' to reduce cancer death rates by at least 50 percent in 25 years, and to improve the experience of both life with, and after surviving this deadly disease. "Cancer patients, doctors and survivors like myself have two unwavering White H more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 2 (TNSPol) -- The University of Virginia issued the following Q&A with Stephen Mull, vice provost for global affairs, on Feb. 1, 2022: * * * As more than 100,000 Russian troops line the Ukraine border, tensions in Eastern Europe are growing by the day. The building crisis, rooted in a fight for identity, could be nearing its tipping point. UVA Today turned to former U.S. diplomat Stephen Mull, University of Virginia's vice provost for global affairs, for clarit more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 4 (TNSPol) -- Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute issued the following news release: Edjah Nduom's parents arrived in the United States from Ghana decades ago with close to nothing. On Wednesday, Nduom stood in the White House to help President Joe Biden unveil a national campaign to end cancer as we know it. Nduom, a neurosurgeon-scientist at Emory University, was tapped to introduce Biden at a White House ceremony to relaunch the Cancer Moonshot initiative that more PR