Less than a week into his presidency, Barack Obama has reportedly named Gary Samore [2], vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations [3] and former National Security Council senior director, to a post that President Bush never got around to filling, the congressionally mandated position of coordinator for the prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism [4], or "czar." Joe Cirincione discusses the choice of Samore and what the appointment says about President Obama's nuclear policy with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.
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[1] https://www.ploughshares.org/file/227
[2] http://www.cfr.org/publication/11297/gary_samore_joins_council_as_director_of_studies.html
[3] http://www.cfr.org/
[4] http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/12/03/new_leadership_planned_to_fight_wmd_terrorism/
[5] http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/23/gary_samore_wmd_czar