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Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
I commend the Secretary Bodman and his NNSA team and their Russian counterparts for this advance toward achieving the elimination of plutonium to make bombs.
Nunn called for U.S. and Russia to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons and end their nations’ Cold War nuclear force postures and remove hair-trigger status.
While progress has been made in securing vulnerable nuclear material stockpiles, there remains a gap between the pace of progress and the urgency of the threat.
Former Senator Nunn called for urgent action to address the increased danger of an unauthorized launch of a nuclear weapon between the U.S. and Russia
Former Senator Nunn relaeased a statement regarding Bush’s Budget Plan, which proposes large funding reductions Department of Energy nonproliferation programs.
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