We still have issues of how can we reduce nuclear weapons among those countries that currently have nuclear weapons, consistent with the long-term obligations of the NPT.
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Rice said that while it is important for the United States to be involved in efforts to reduce nuclear weapons worldwide, such weaponry is widely accessible to other nations, both friends and enemies.
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We only had a few short weeks to deal with a lot of complicated issues, including repealing "don't ask, don't tell, " dealing with a START treaty to reduce nuclear weapons, and come to terms with a budget.
On the most immediate challenge, working out an arms control agreement to replace the START I treaty which expires December 5, the two presidents signed a joint understanding for a follow-on agreement to START that commits both parties to a legally binding treaty that will reduce nuclear weapons.
As our conventional capabilities improve, we will continue to reduce our reliance on nuclear weapons.
That's why we've renewed our diplomacy to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons, to speak directly to our adversaries, and strengthen relations in the hemisphere.
To put an end to Cold War thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy, and urge others to do the same.
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If they say those sorts of things about a good faith attempt to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, can you imagine what they would say about any of the trades Gabe is suggesting?
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And what we did in Washington, what we're now doing in Korea, becomes part of a larger global architecture designed to reduce the dangers of nuclear weapons and nuclear terrorism, but also allows us then to more safely and effectively pursue peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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He will put us back in the forefront of the world's fight to reduce nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and to stop global warming.
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he embraced a long-held view of the American Left that the best way to deal with the fearsome danger posed by nuclear weapons was to reduce their numbers and then ultimately get rid of all such weapons.
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Sir MICHAEL QUINLAN (British Defense Ministry): I see the theoretical case for brandishing the option of first use if anybody else uses biological or chemical weapons, but I think the realism of having to do that is very low, and it seems to me unfortunate at a time when everyone is expecting the five nuclear powers to downplay nuclear weapons, to reduce their salience.
In a separate development, the Swedish and Polish foreign ministers also called on the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals of smaller "tactical" nuclear weapons in Europe.
Mr. MICHAEL NACHT (Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley): We maintain a nuclear arsenal to reassure our friends that they are secure and therefore reduce the arguments in their governments that they should themselves have nuclear weapons.
As we work to reduce nuclear weaponry and to realize the vision of a world without nuclear weapons, we recognize the necessity to maintain the safety, security and reliability of our own weapons.
While in that job he headed efforts to reduce threats to the United States from weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
The Nuclear Posture Review proposes that we consider a series of options that extend presidential decision-making time, by strengthening command and control apparatus around those nuclear weapons, and that we open discussions with Russia to reduce the possibility of either an accidental launch or a false detection of a launch.
Current law is aimed at phasing out U.S. exports of highly enriched uranium (HEU) precisely to reduce the risk of the material being stolen or diverted by proliferating states for nuclear weapons production.
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We recognized the grave risks posed by proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and their means of delivery and acknowledged the need to cooperate to reduce potential threats to legitimate trade.
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