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Countries approve nuke material security
UPI ^ | April 13, 2010

Posted on 04/14/2010 2:18:40 AM PDT by myknowledge

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- All 47 countries pledged to secure vulnerable nuclear material in four years, U.S. President Barack Obama said at the end of the first Nuclear Security Summit.

The goal of the two-day summit was "not simply to talk but to take action ... to commit to meaningful steps" to secure nuclear materials and prevent them from falling into terrorists' hands, Obama said Tuesday after the afternoon plenary session.

"We have a mutual interest in security these nuclear materials," Obama said. "We have embraced our shared responsibility (to) solve problems."

The time line is both bold and pragmatic, and "a goal that can be achieved," Obama said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nuclearinsecurity; nuclearpolicy; nuclearproliferation; obama

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the opening plenary session with the heads of delegations attending the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

Meeting to promote nuclear insecurity, is it what you're doing, Obama?

1 posted on 04/14/2010 2:18:40 AM PDT by myknowledge
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To: myknowledge

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2 posted on 04/14/2010 2:31:54 AM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (1.416785(71) x 10^32)
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To: myknowledge

I wonder how many women are at that round table?


3 posted on 04/14/2010 3:36:53 AM PDT by Boardwalk (THI)
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To: myknowledge
I don't know about the rest of Free Republic, but I'll now be able to sleep knowing we have secured the Mexican nuke material.......thanks, Zero and also thanks to the woman with no ankles.
4 posted on 04/14/2010 3:53:10 AM PDT by Recon Dad ( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 176)
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