In The News

"ARMS Author Reflects on Initiative With Pride: A Conversation With Rand Fishbein," news@ARMS, Issue 4, 1997.

"I developed the ARMS concept in May, 1992 after visiting a number of government-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) ammunition plants. I left each site impressed by our nation's unsurpassed industrial ability, but despondent at the thought that all of this idle capacity was rusting away... On the plane home, I literally wrote...what became an outline for the ARMS program. By the end of September, the program had been enacted as part of the fiscal year 1993 National Defense Authorization Act."

"Serious Reservations," Editorial, The Jerusalem Post, September 22, 1995.

"Everywhere we turn today the US is demanding that rogue states and peoples comply with their international commitments. In Iraq, we insist that Saddam Hussein comply with UN resolutions. In Bosnia, we urge the Bosnian Serbs to heed Security Council decisions. In North Korea we require compliance with IAEA rules and regulations. Only with the PLO do we suspend our judgement, retreat from a moral posture, and shrink from that honorable determination that in years past has brought respect to America."

" Testimony by Rand H. Fishbein Before The U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee, Press Release, Center for Security Policy, September 20, 1995.

"History will only judge our collective silence as acquiescence to the tyranny of a process that we all hoped would bring us peace... If the US is to maintain its credibility in fighting terrorism world-wide, it can not be seen to reward individuals who have American blood on their hands. Despite its alluring rhetoric, the PLO has proved with its deeds over the last 24 months that they are unreformed terrorists and continue to be a menace to civil society."

" Nancy Bader, "Uncle Sam Offers 'Explosive' Deal To Companies Seeking Space," Area Development, August, 1993, pp. 54-56.

"This potential gold mine for U.S. as well as foreign businesses was the brainchild of Rand Fishbein, a professional staff member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and special assistant for national security affairs to Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Fishbein wrote the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support (ARMS) Initiative, on behalf of Sen. Inouye, to encourage what he calls 'a vision of the future - a vision of our ammunition industrial base leading our nation's efforts at defense conversion, flexible manufacturing, plant modernization, product diversification, and the innovative use of our facilities.'"

" Tim Goebel, "Ammo plant conversion is 'revolution of business,' The Evening News, Jeffersonville, Indiana, March 27, 1993.

"Rand Fishbein, a legislative assistant to Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Subcommittee for Defense Appropriations, best summed up Friday's ceremony: "A revolution has taken place, A revolution of business."