OAKLAND, CA – As President Obama prepares his Nuclear Posture Review, pressure to water down his vision of American leadership to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons builds within his administration. 179 national, regional, and local organizations from across the country are responding with a letter to the president asking him to continue his leadership on nuclear weapons issues. The letter outlines how the Nuclear Posture Review can best achieve the vision the president laid out in his speech in Prague.
 

Oakland, CA – In a major speech made from Prague today, President Obama placed a commitment by the US to achieve a “world without nuclear weapons” at the center of US nuclear policy, outlining the need for arms control agreements and a series of steps to address the threat posed by nuclear weapons.

Oakland, CA - Today, as President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev met for the first time, the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World applauded their embrace of arms control measures and pragmatic steps for nuclear arms reductions.

National Citizens’ Coalition Calls On President Obama to Take Immediate Steps Toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Deliver Petition Endorsed by More Than 70,000; Former Reagan Arms Control Advisor Issues Statement on Nuclear Threat

For Immediate Release: March 11, 2009

Contacts: Reva Patwardhan, Peace Action West (510) 830-3600 ext. 112, rpatwardhan [at] peaceactionwest [dot] org
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (805) 450-4083

WASHINGTON DC -- Possession of nuclear weapons by some countries encourages others to develop their own nuclear arsenals, according to more than two-thirds of U.S. adults in a new opinion survey.

The findings, released before tomorrow's anniversary of nuclear proliferation, when the Soviet Union successfully tested its first nuclear bomb nearly 60 years ago, suggest the world needs a broader approach for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.