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A Safer World | Stopping WMDs

In the debate on September 30, 2004 between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John F. Kerry, both candidates agreed that the "single most serious threat to the national security of the United States" is, in the words of President Bush: "weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist network." President Bush also claimed that countering nuclear "proliferation is one of the centerpieces of a multi-prong strategy to make the country safer."  

However, existing programs to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and other WMD have lagged behind benchmarks. Securing loose nukes and weapons-grade uranium in the former Soviet Union and other locations around the globe is a national security priority that deserves stronger action. Read more about the necessary effort to protect America from the thread of WMD--nuclear, chemical, and biological--in the hands of terrorists.

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3.5.07 Experts: U.S. unprepared for nuclear terror attack (McClatchy Newspapers) Read Article  

1.24.07 Senior State Department Arms Official Resigns (Global Security Newswire) Read Article  

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1.22.07 Nonproliferation a Major Issue in 2008, Experts Say (Global Security Newswire) Read Article  

11.7.06 POL-UK-WMD Conference: Talks Begin to Create WMD Free Zone in Middle East (KUNA.net, Kuwait) Read Article  

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9.20.06 $50 Million Offer Aims at Curbing Efforts to Make Nuclear Fuel (The New York Times) Read Article  

9.18.06 Bid to Stockpile Bioterror Drugs Stymied by Setbacks (The New York Times) Read Article  

8.24.06 US Senator Tours Georgia, Discusses Energy Security and Conflict Resolution (The Messenger) Read Article  

8.23.06 Iran Won’t Give Promise to End Uranium Effort (The New York Times) Read Article  

8.23.06 Kazakhstan Vows Continued Nonproliferation Support (NTI.org) Read Article