Gottemoeller: Crimea Must Not Hamper U.S., Russian Nonproliferation Efforts

By Jordana Mishory / May 9, 2014 at 5:21 PM
The ongoing crisis in Crimea must not impact the United States' efforts to work with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons and prevent fissile materials from falling into the wrong hands, according to a senior State Department official. Rose Gottemoeller, the under secretary of state for arms control and international security, told reporters at a May 9 breakfast in Washington that U.S. national security is at stake. "We acknowledge and are greatly concerned about the crisis in Ukraine -- there's no...

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