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Arms control leaders convene major policy strategy session at Ploughshares Fund

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The Cable / Foreign Policy

About 50 senior think tank and advocacy executives packed the K Street conference room of the Ploughshares Fund to strategize and rally the troops for the upcoming policy war. "This is going to be the fight of our lives," said Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione shortly after the meeting concluded today. Read more >>

New York Times calls for test ban ratification

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 "North Korea’s announcement that it had tested a nuclear device on Monday is a stark reminder of the many dangers out there," the New York Times said in an editorial today calling on the U.S. Read more >>

Vice President Biden Reaffirms America's Commitment to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

Vice President Joe Biden delivered a speech today to a packed auditorium at the National Defense University, reiterating the President’s commitment to a nuclear security strategy that will protect Americans by providing our military with the tools it needs to combat today’s threats. Read more >>

The Sky is Falling -- on John Bolton

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TPM

William Hartung, director of the Ploughshares-funded Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation, counters John Bolton’s piece published in the Washington Examiner. "John Bolton has made a cottage industry out of trying to scare people about nuclear weapons" writes Hartung. Read more >>

Worried about Iran? Ratify Test Ban Treaty

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Greg Thielmann, senior fellow at the Ploughshares-funded Arms Control Association, outlines his strategy for using the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to respond to the Iranian nuclear threat. “A global test ban is particularly damaging to Iran's nuclear weapons option because of the way Tehran has presented its nuclear program to the Iranian people and the world. Read more >>

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