MEDIA ADVISORY: As Senate Begins Nuclear Reduction Treaty Ratification Hearings, Retired Colonel, Medical Doctor to Discuss Nuclear Weapons in Iowa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2010
CONTACT: Mary Slosson, Scoville fellow, 347.843.9443
Washington, D.C. – As the United States Senate ratification debate on the most significant nuclear reductions treaty in decades begins, nuclear arms experts Col. Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) and Dr. Robert Gould, MD will speak to audiences in Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa about the risk of a nuclear weapons attack, current nuclear weapons policy debates and treaties, and the role Iowa Senators Grassley and Harkin will have in the implementation of a nuclear security agenda for the twenty-first century.
Both speakers are available for interview and comment in person and by phone May 3 in Sioux City and May 4 in Des Moines, where they will be meeting with students, community leaders, and members of local organizations from the Sioux City Noon Lions Club, Siouxland Peace Coalition, Des Moines University Student Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Des Moines Catholic Peace Ministry.
The following events are open to the public and press:
What: Discussion on Nuclear Weapons and National Security
When: Monday, May 3 2010, 12:30PM
Where: MidAmerican Community Room, Sioux City Noon Lions Club, 401 Douglas St, Sioux City
With: Col. Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) and Dr. Robert Gould, MD
What: Discussion on Nuclear Weapons and National Security
When: Monday, May 3 2010, 7:00PM
Where: Gleeson Room, Aalfs Public Library, 6th & Pierce St, Sioux City
With: Col. Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) and Dr. Robert Gould, MD
What: Discussion on “Moving to a World without Nuclear Weapons: Public Health and Policy”
When: Tuesday, May 4 2010, 12:00PM
Where: Ruza Lecture Hall, Des Moines University 3200 Grand Ave, Des Moines
With: Col. Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) and Dr. Robert Gould, MD
Colonel Richard Klass, (USAF, ret.), served as a White House Fellow in the Nixon Administration and in the Pentagon in the Carter Administration where he dealt with strategic arms control issues. He currently sits on the board of the Council for a Livable World, travels nationwide to discuss nuclear weapons policy with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and is president of the Veterans Alliance for Security and Democracy Political Action Committee. His decorations include the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, and Purple Heart. He is a graduate of the USAF Academy, Oxford University, and the National War College.
Dr. Robert Gould, M.D. is the current chair of the Peace Caucus of American Public Health Association (APHA), which organizes educational sessions covering range of war and peace and public health issues for APHA's annual meeting. He has authored or co-authored numerous resolutions passed by the Governing Council of the APHA against nuclear testing, an excessive military budget, the Strategic Defense Initiative, landmines, chemical weapons, and other topics. He has also published widely on these subjects. He currently works as an associate Pathologist (Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology) at Kaiser Hospital in San Jose, CA.
To schedule an interview, please contact:
Mary Slosson, Herbert Scoville Peace Fellow, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at 202.546.0795 ext. 2114, or mslosson@armscontrolcenter.org
This program is sponsored by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sioux City Noon Lions Club, Siouxland Peace Coalition, Des Moines University Student Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Des Moines Catholic Peace Ministry.
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