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Events of the last month have raised new questions about U.S. national and economic security. The debt ceiling crisis, credit rating downgrade, stock market instability in New York (and around the globe), as well as the downing of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan and anticipated but undefined defense budget cuts have all contributed to a sense of fiscal and security unease.

What is not in question, however, is that a strong Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) makes national security sense, and that it makes financial sense for those invested in the responsible arms trade.

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