Report Urges Obama to Adopt 'Centrist' Nuclear Weapons Policy

By Christopher J. Castelli / December 11, 2008 at 5:00 AM
A new nuclear weapons study urges President-elect Barack Obama to adopt "centrist" recommendations aimed at concurrently advancing nuclear arms control and refurbishing and updating the U.S. nuclear stockpile. The report, issued this week, is the product of a joint working group of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "I think the important thing is this is an effort by three institutions that spanned both the scientific...

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