Rose Gottemoeller, as expected, has been named the acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, replacing Ellen Tauscher, who stepped down from the position Monday. Gottemoeller, the Administration’s lead negotiator on the New START Treaty with Russia, will head up the State Department’s “T” Bureau while still serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, a position that she has held for most of the Obama Administration. Gottemoeller is not expected to be named as the permanent replacement for Tauscher, largely due to the politics surrounding Presidential nominees during an election year, and is expected to remain as the acting head of the office through November.
GOTTEMOELLER NAMED ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL
NNSA removes high-risk cesium from Vermont
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has removed all high-risk cesium-137 from Vermont, making it the 15th U.S. state or territory declared free of high-risk quantities of the radioactive material. This follows a July operation in which a team from Idaho National Laboratory removed a self-shielded cesium irradiator from the University of Vermont in Burlington […]