Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed in principle to merging the State Department's Arms Control and Nonproliferation bureaus, based in part on a recommendation from the agency's inspector general, sources told InsideDefense.com this week. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker is expected to be tapped to run the new organization, they added. Rice tasked Rademaker with crafting a set of options for merging the Arms Control and Nonproliferation groups, a project that could take several months...
