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47 Nations Join Nuclear Summit in Washington

source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/12/nuclear.security.summit/index.html?hpt=Sbin

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Today marks the largest gathering of heads-of-state in the US since Franklin Roosevelt hosted a gathering during WWII. The topic? How to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. President Obama called it, "an indication of how deeply concerned everybody should be with the possibilities of nuclear traffic," adding "I think at the end of this we're going to see some very specific, concrete actions that each nation is taking that will make the world a little bit safer."

There's already been some progress. Ukraine's President, Viktor Yanukovich, vowed to get rid of all of his country's highly enriched uranium within two years.

This summit comes on the heals of the signing of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between Obama and Russian President Demetry Medvedev. The treaty still needs to be ratified by the US Senate.
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5 comments // 47 Nations Join Nuclear Summit in Washington

  • zakthezomb13
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      zakthezomb13  

    • ok everyone drop their guns...and i will just clean them up. ok there you go! now that i have all the guns, thank you by the way, I will be demanding that all my debt be erased and you hand over all your oil. thanks once again sincerly u.s.a. p.s. canada and mexico you are first join or burn

    • 2 years ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • You won't stop proliferation until you change human nature. That is why this to me is just another photo op at a time when he is told his ratings are going down and Democrats need to win this year. The nuclear plants he will allow to be built are targets anyway, and countries will always hide some in their arsenal regardless of what they say publicly. I think there is more of a threat from mini nukes and weapons you can fit in suitcases on subways and the millions of tons of nuclear waste we are burying already, as in Hanford. But I suppose he has to show in some way he earned his Nobel.

    • 2 years ago
  • UrbanGypsy
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      UrbanGypsy  

    • Obama just keeps moving from one issue to the next and succeeding. He's like the Energizer bunny, just keeps going and going... and going.

    • 2 years ago
  • Saladin
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      Saladin  

    • It's probably more likely about a discussion of power relationships for the new century.

      Nuclear weapons don't threaten world stability, proliferation does.

      States that have nukes don't go to war with other states that have nukes, nor do they (or can they) invade them.

      Sure, the U.S. will reduce its nuclear arsenal by 30%. Big deal, we could reduce it by 60% and still blow up the whole fucking world. Plus the missiles go obsolete fairly quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if we just clean house on all the old ones.

    • 2 years ago
  • CalgarC
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