"Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Bush" radio episode

Title

"Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Bush" radio episode

Description

An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin regarding President Bush renouncing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. AuCoin advocates for the ABM Treaty, stating that the treaty made Americans safer and saved taxpayers billions of dollars. From Bush’s view, according to AuCoin, renouncing the treaty was done to protect the US from terrorist groups, as the treaty was an outdated, Cold War-era relic. AuCoin, however, asserts that renouncing the treaty is likely to trigger other countries nearby to acquire more missiles, while unlikely actually preventing terrorist attacks. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired around 2002.

Identifier

PUA_MS147_JPR_032

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date Created

circa 2002

Date

2002/2003

Spatial Coverage

United States

Is Part Of

Jefferson Public Radio

Subject

AuCoin, Les

Oregon--Politics and government

Public broadcasting--Oregon

Extent

1 audio file (3 min., 2 sec.)

Format

MP3

Source

Pacific University Archives

Rights

This recording is provided here for research purposes with the permission of Les AuCoin and Jefferson Public Radio. All rights reserved.

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