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The Nuclear Threat Initiative is working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. NTI is co-chaired by Ted Turner and Sam Nunn.

	Thursday, May 8, 2008 Daily news on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, terrorism and related issues reported by National Journal Group. Have GSN sent to your Inbox

	U.S. Official Returns to North Korea A senior U.S. State Department official returned to North Korea today for further talks aimed at breaking the deadlock on shuttering the Stalinist state’s nuclear program, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, May 7). Sung Kim, the agency’s Korean affairs chief, led a team of experts into Pyongyang for the second time in less than a month. Talks are expected to focus again on North Korea’s obligation under a 2007 denuclearization agreement to provide a declaration of its atomic activities and holdings. The document was due Dec. 31 but Washington says Pyongyang has been unwilling to provide a full accounting. ...Full Story

	Newport Destroys 90 Percent of Chemical Stockpile The Newport Chemical Depot in Indiana as of yesterday had eliminated 90 percent of its stockpile of VX nerve agent, the U.S. Army announced (see GSN, Jan. 10)....Full Story

	World Powers to Present Nuclear Offer to Iran Four of the five U.N. Security Council member nations and Germany could approach Iran as soon as this weekend with updated diplomatic and trade incentives intended to halt Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, May 7)....Full Story

The Nuclear Security Project seeks to galvanize global action to reduce urgent nuclear dangers and to build support for reducing reliance on nuclear weapons, ultimately ending them as a threat to the world.

The Project builds on the January 4, 2007 Wall Street Journal op-ed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Defense Secretary Bill Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn. NTI serves as the Secretariat for the Project, which involves all four authors.

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NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speaks to an international conference on "Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" in Oslo, Norway
Former Sen. Sam Nunn spoke to conference participants from 29 countries about the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the steps that should be taken to reduce nuclear dangers and begin to make that vision a reality.
February 27, 2008
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Pete Peterson and Warren Buffett to Provide Major Gift to the Nuclear Threat Initiative
Pete Peterson and Warren Buffett have each committed $2.5 million in 2008 and $2.5 million in 2009 to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). The Peterson-Buffett grant will support projects to prevent catastrophic nuclear terrorism and help raise public awareness about the urgent need for comprehensive steps to reduce nuclear dangers.
February 15, 2008
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NTI's Global Health and Security Program Receives Major Grant from Google Foundation
The Google Foundation announced a $2.5 million grant to NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative (GHSI) to greatly enhance its work to rapidly detect, identify and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia.
January 17, 2008
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"Toward a Nuclear-Free World"
A Wall Street Journal op-ed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Defense Secretary William Perry, former Senator Sam Nunn and other leading security experts advancing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the concrete steps needed to make progress in that direction.
January 15, 2008
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NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn praises U.S. commitment of $50 million to help create a low enriched uranium stockpile managed by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
December 28, 2007
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NTI President Charles B. Curtis speaks on energy security, nuclear security and climate change at the International Conference on Energy and Global Security Cooperation in Gstaad, Switzerland.
September 14, 2007.
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NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn and U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Mark the 15th Anniversary of Nunn-Lugar CTR Program
Sam Nunn delivers a speech at the Spaso House in Moscow celebrating the 200th anniversary of US-Russian diplomatic relations.
August 27, 2007.
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"The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by Sam Nunn
June 14, 2007
Recognizing that we have arrived at a dangerous tipping point in the nuclear era, Senator Nunn spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations about the path that he, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and Bill Perry have charted for advancing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons linked to specific steps to reduce nuclear dangers.
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