| Substantial amount of vulnerable nuclear material around the globe SupportiveArgument1 #56325
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Author: Ben Rhodes
Cited by: David Price 5:31 PM 12 April 2010 GMT
Citerank: (5) 53950Global action and co-ordinationAlthough responsibility for nuclear security depends ultimately on the actions of sovereign states, global co-ordination is required to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons.959C6EF, 57017al Qaeda is seeking to acquire and use a nuclear weaponIntelligence reports suggest that al Qaeda is pursuing the materials to build a nuclear weapon, and that it has the intent to use the weapon.1198CE71, 128440Global action and co-ordinationAlthough responsibility for nuclear security depends ultimately on the actions of sovereign states, global co-ordination is required to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons.959C6EF, 128619al Qaeda is seeking to acquire and use a nuclear weaponIntelligence reports suggest that al Qaeda is pursuing the materials to build a nuclear weapon, and that it has the intent to use the weapon.1198CE71, 128785Substantial amount of vulnerable nuclear material around the globe1198CE71
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To that end, there is a substantial amount of vulnerable nuclear material around the world and some of my colleagues can speak to the specifics of that threat later in the call. And that’s why President Obama, frankly, focused on this issue from when he came into the United States Senate; it was a focus of his national security platform in his campaign; and then one year ago in Prague, as a part of his comprehensive nuclear non-proliferation and security agenda, he laid out his aim to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world within four years.
As a part of that effort, he said he would host a global summit to rally the collective action that is necessary to achieve that goal. Obviously no one nation is capable of taking the actions necessary to secure vulnerable nuclear materials that are in many different countries and in many different regions of the world. Similarly, no one nation is capable of pursuing the kind of nuclear security measures that can prevent the transit, illicit transit, of those types of materials.
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