Tag Archives: President Barack Obama

Taking Action: President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit

By Page | Published: April 11, 2010
Also published here. The bottom line is this: for the foreseeable future, the United States and other nations will face an existential threat from the intersection of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Preventing terrorists from obtaining weapons or materials of mass destruction is a far more exacting arms control goal than existed during the [...]
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New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Signed

By Page | Published: April 8, 2010
Also published here. One issue that has been front and center for Barack Obama has been nuclear arms control. He even wrote about it in college. During his Senate career, he finally had the opportunity to work on legislation regarding nuclear non-proliferation issues. As President, he has been passionate about how we can work toward [...]
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Getting A New START On The Road To Nuclear Arms Reductions

By Page | Published: March 28, 2010
Also published here. As most of you know, this past week, Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev announced something that those of us interested in arms control had been anticipating for almost a year: a new strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty, or New START. Since it will be signed on April 8, 2010 in Prague, [...]
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