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A Daunting Nuclear Agenda for 2010
 
A year ago, President Obama took office with the stated goal of making the elimination of all nuclear weapons a central element of its nuclear policy. In a landmark speech delivered in Prague on April 5, 2009, he further detailed his vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and he outlined an ambitious arms control agenda for the next decade. The task of translating this vision into action is now upon him. In this op-ed, David Santoro looks at 2010, and the challenging task of driving that vision to completion.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) shakes hands with President Barack Obama, on the occasion of the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
Photo credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten.

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