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Watch Joe Cirincione on the Colbert Report

Posted on Dec 1 2009 10:45 am
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On Monday night's Colbert Report, Stephen challenges Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione to a round of "sanction, bomb or marry," acts out the effects of a nuclear explosion from his chair, and concludes by telling Joe, "You, sir, are the bomb!" Read more >>

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An "all-fronts effort" to transform nuclear policy

Posted on Sep 16 2009 9:29 am
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September 16, 2009

Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione invited activists, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs gathered at the Momentum Leadership Conference in San Francisco on September 9th to join in the effort to realize President Obama's vision of a nuclear weapon-free world.

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Speaking in Prague, Obama outlines plan for a world without nuclear weapons

Posted on Apr 5 2009 10:42 pm
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During a visit Sunday to Prague for a U.S.-European Union summit, President Obama unveiled plans to cut atomic stockpiles, curtail testing, choke fissile production and secure loose nuclear material. He said he wanted an immediate end to nuclear tests, confirmed he would seek Senate approval of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and would hold a global summit on nuclear security within the next year. Watch the video. Read more >>

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5 Myths About All Those Nukes Out There

Posted on Mar. 1 2009 10:50 am by
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Washington Post Outlook

by Michael Krepon

Last week's news that North Korea plans to test a ballistic missile that could reach Alaska gave doomsayers more grounds for gloom. But amid the fear about nuclear attacks by terrorists or leaders such as Kim Jong Il, let's not forget that the United States has managed to protect itself from such a catastrophe not only since 9/11, but since the birth of the bomb in 1945. Read more >>

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Senator Casey Urges Senate to Take Action on Nuclear Security

Posted on Feb 24 2010 10:00 am
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Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) took to the Senate floor yesterday to encourage his Senate colleagues to support the Obama Administration's nuclear security efforts.  Casey emphasized the need to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism by supporting arms control and nuclear security treaties and legislation, saying "We have a solemn responsibility to do what we can to combat the threat of nuclear weapons. Read more >>

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