Oakland, CA – On the one year anniversary of President Obama’s speech from Prague in which he called for a “world without nuclear weapons,” and as he signs the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a broad coalition of more than 100 faith, peace, and arms control groups from across the country is sending a letter to the president urging him to plan the next step to advance progress toward disarmament.

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.

I wasn't clear if we decided to do a e-alert in response to Gates speech or if that was just highlighted as an opportunity. Martin if you want help with that let me know. I think it could like to the speech (and Ban Ki-Moon's), have a letter to the editor function as the action. Thoughts?

“Nuclear Weapons are the Elephant in the Room” -- is the headline for ads by The Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World, teamed up with the Peace Education Fund, which ran in Nevada and North Dakota newspapers on Monday, August 4. Click here to see the ad, which encourages readers (and you!) to “Tell our Presidential candidates to lead us away from the biggest threat facing the U.S. and the world.” The nearly-full-page ads appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Fargo Forum.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (a CNWFW coalition partner) stirred up a hornet's nest in August with billboards in airport concourses in Minneapolis and Denver urging Senators McCain and Obama to reduce nuclear dangers. Northwest Airlines, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, pressured Clear Channel Outdoors to take the Minneapolis airport billboard back down, saying the sign was “scary” and “anti-McCain." Less than a week later, Clear Channel also removed the Denver sign.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (a CNWFW coalition partner) stirred up a hornet's nest in August with billboards in airport concourses in Minneapolis and Denver urging Senators McCain and Obama to reduce nuclear dangers. Northwest Airlines, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, pressured Clear Channel Outdoors to take the Minneapolis airport billboard back down, saying the sign was “scary” and “anti-McCain." Less than a week later, Clear Channel also removed the Denver sign.

Joint Statement On The Presidential Debates

ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, the McCain and Obama campaigns released the following statement on the Presidential debates: