An insider's angle on USA's 1997 refusal to sign land mine treaty

Two paragraphs on the refusal in 1997 of the USA's president to sign an international treaty to ban land mines. This is an extract from a 2003 book by Sidney Blumenthal who notes that his job title in the American White House was “Assistant to the President” and that he was described in a contemporary press report as “White House communications strategist”.