Obama will have opening on new nuclear policy

"Transforming U.S. nuclear weapons policy would accomplish numerous goals for the new president," Joe Ciricincione told the National Journal Online. "First, it would represent an early political victory, because there is now a broad, bipartisan consensus for fundamentally changing our nuclear posture. That includes drastically reducing the size of our nuclear arsenal, ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and reining in nuclear proliferation. Secondly, such an initiative would make our country more secure, not less. Finally, it would save tens of billions of dollars that could pay for some of the other military bills coming due."