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December 3, 2008: World Governments Sign Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs
November 2, 2008: The Candidates' Stances on a Cluster Bomb Ban
April an Active Month for Cluster Bomb Campaign
August 2008: Activist of the Month: Maine Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs
June 6 2008: Activist of the Month: Vietnam Vet Runs to Raise Money for Campaign
June 9 2008: Dining to Demine: Raise Awareness and Funds for Demining
June 3, 2008: Senators, Congressman Support Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty
May 29 , 2008: Most of the World Bans Cluster Bombs
May 19, 2008: U.S. Absent as 100 Countries Meet in Dublin to Finalize Global Cluster Bomb Ban
April 2008: International Mine Awareness Day, 4 April 2008
March 4 2008: USCBL Salutes a Landmine Hero
Feb 2008: 138 Countries Now Supporting Oslo Process to Ban Cluster Munitions
February 24, 2008: Cluster Bomb Treaty: Momentum Builds
February 19, 2008: Countries Seek to Undermine Treaty with Loophole for US Cluster Bombs
February 11, 2008: The Candidate's Stance on Cluster Bombs?
January 1, 2007: U.S. Cluster Bomb Export Moratoria Enacted
November 2007: Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq by US Cluster Bomb Calls on Senate to Act
November 2007: Revised: Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq by US Cluster Bomb Calls on Senate to Act
October 2007: Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for Cluster Bomb Ban in 2008
September 2007: Senate Votes to Restrict Cluster Bomb and Landmine Exports
September 2007: Cluster Bomb Ban: Former Bush Administration Officials Call for Treaty
Cluster Bomb Ban: Former Bush Administration Officials Call for Treaty
September 2007: 80 Countries Now Supporting Oslo Process to Ban Cluster Munitions
September 2007: US further isolated, as Iraq becomes 155th State Party to Mine Ban Treaty
July 2007: Senate Panel Passes Far-Reaching Export Restrictions on Cluster Munitions
June 2007: USCBL Expands Mission to Include Cluster Munitions
May 2007: Ten Years Later, The U.S. Is No Closer to Mine Ban
September 2006: USCBL Urges Senators to Cosponsor Victim-Activated Landmine Abolition Act
September 2006: U.S. further isolated, as Iraq becomes 155th State Party to Mine Ban Treaty
August 2006: Senators Seek to Block First U.S. Landmine Production in 9 Years
May 2006: USCBL Calls on Congressional Appropriators to Support Increased Funding for Demining, Fulfill President's Demining Commitment
April 2006: Congressman Lane Evans to Retire–Leading House Supporter for Abolishing Landmines
March 2006: Mine Ban Treaty Turns 7
January 2006: Congress Blocks New Landmine Production–Requires Pentagon to Review Indiscriminate Effects of New Weapons Before Production
November 2005: Global Use of Landmines Falls, While U.S. Ponders New Production
August 2005: Pentagon Poised to Resume Production of Antipersonnel Mines
September 2005: U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines Calls on Congress to Support Increased Funding for Demining
October 2004: Considering Attending the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World? September 2004: USCBL Represented in Bangkok at UN-Sponsored Global Conference on Landmines October 2004: Night of a Thousand Dinners to Raise Awareness and Funds on Landmines August 2004: New International Campaign to Ban Landmines Website; ICBL Job Candidates Sought December 2003: UN Secretary-General Speaks at Demining Event on Anniversary of Mine Ban Treaty November 2003: New Chair of USCBL October 2003: New 2003 Report on Global Landmine Situation Released September 2003: USCBL Represented in Bangkok at UN-Sponsored Global Conference on Landmines May 2003: Physicians Group Calls on US to Release UXO Information in Iraq December 2002: Advocates Discuss Creation of Treaty to Protect Disability Rights November 2002: Senator Collins (R-ME) urges Bush to Ban AP Mines September 2002: US Senate Passes Victim Assistance Bill August 2002: Support an Anti-Landmine Quilt Project June 2002: U.S. and Russia May Face Anti-Mine Pressure from G8 May 2002: United Nations Event Honors Demining Efforts April 2002: Landmines Debate on National Public Radio April 2002: Landmine Victim Assistance Bill Gains Support in Congress March 2002: U.S. Navy SEAL Killed by Mine in Afghanistan March 2002: 80 Major US-Based Groups Sign Letter Asking Bush to Join Treaty January 2002: India Lays New Mines: US Unable to Criticize December 2001: Largest Gathering Ever of Nobel Laureates December 2001: Researchers from Physicians for Human Rights Interview Landmine Survivors in Afghanistan December 2001: More than 120 Members of Congress Ask President Bush to Give up Mines December 2001: USCBL Says Goodbye and Thank You to Eileen Campbell November 2001: 500 Veterans Send Letter to President November 2001: Landmines on Film September 2001: Landmines Monitored May 2001: Senior retired U.S. Generals send a letter to President Bush urging him to join Mine Ban Treaty.
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