McCain calls for a nuclear weapons free world
June 3rd, 2009 by Cara Bautista from Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West » Nuclear Weapons
It’s not the first time Senator John McCain has endorsed a nuclear weapons free world, but his floor speech today is still significant. The bipartisan consensus that a nuclear weapons free world is necessary is strong and growing. While McCain didn’t come out in favor of all the steps necessary to reach that goal, he did touch on the importance of nonproliferation efforts and beginning nuclear weapons reductions, while remaining vague about how deep of a reduction he would support in the near term.
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