At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

When we withhold it from one segment of the population we are doing a disservice to the principles of fairness and equality upon which our country was founded. She has received an F rating from the National Rifle Association. Her parents were a secretary and a shop steward for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Tauscher served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs until February 2012. She was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 10th congressional district from 1997 until her resignation in 2009 upon joining the State Department. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (born November 15 1951) is an American politician.