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In Prague, President Obama Seeks World Free of Nuclear Weapons

In Prague, President Obama Seeks World Free of Nuclear Weapons.

In an April 5 speech in Hradcanske Square outside Prague Castle, President Obama vowed that the United States will take concrete steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons saying, “We will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same.” Obama said further, “To reduce our warheads and stockpiles, we will negotiate a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the Russians this year.” President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev began the weapons-reduction process while attending the G20 Financial Summit in London April 1–2. The current START-I Treaty between the two countries expires on December 5 this year.  “To achieve a global ban on nuclear testing, my administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. After more than five decades of talks, it is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned,” Obama said.