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Title: State Dept: U.S. Nukes Down 85%, From 31,255 to 4,804 Post by: apples on December 19, 2014, 11:31:09 AM http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/state-dept-us-nukes-down-85-31255-4804_821888.html
Quote The State Department's Rose Gottemoeller, under secretary for arms control and international security, spoke at the Brookings Institution Thursday where she reaffirmed the United States' "unassailable" commitment to putting the nuclear weapons genie back in the bottle. Gottemoeller told the attendees at the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative-sponsored event that "the U.S. commitment to achieving the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons is unassailable." She went on to note that the nation's stockpile of active weapons is down 85 percent from maximum cold war levels, falling to 4,804 in 2013 from a high of 31,255. But, she said, "We still have more work to do." |