Obama calls for nuclear-free world

Barack Obama has promised that the US will do all it takes to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.

In a major speech on Sunday in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, the US president said Washington would take "concrete steps" to reduce its nuclear arsenal and encourage other nations to do the same.

He said countries needed to co-operate and have patience to achieve a nuclear-free world. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
3.5
by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 7, 2009

The article reports the nuclear-free speech and statements regarding Turkey, but includes little background or coloration of the stated positions.

Military posturing against Iran and for Turkey, for the much flawed missile defense system, and omitting Israeli nukes are dark spots that keep the nuclear statements from being a joyful change in direction.

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