“With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat” — President Barack Obama, Inauguration speech, January 20, 2009.
“This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.” – candidate Obama in Berlin, July 24, 2008.
Here is a survey, in reverse chronological order, of relevant statements Barack Obama has posted at the White House website and made on the campaign trail.
Currently online at the website of the White House:
“Obama and Biden will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and pursue it. Obama and Biden will always maintain a strong deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist. But they will take several steps down the long road toward eliminating nuclear weapons. They will stop the development of new nuclear weapons; work with Russia to take U.S. and Russian ballistic missiles off hair trigger alert; seek dramatic reductions in U.S. and Russian stockpiles of nuclear weapons and material; and set a goal to expand the U.S.-Russian ban on intermediate-range missiles so that the agreement is global.”
From Obama's responses to an Arms Control Association Questionnaire, received on September 10, 2008: