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February 2, 2018

Pentagon unveils new nuclear weapons strategy, ending Obama-era push to reduce U.S. arsenal

Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with the Washington Post about the Nuclear Posture Review.

Alex Bell, an Obama administration official and disarmament advocate at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, criticized the Pentagon for effectively abandoning the quest for nuclear reductions, saying it is treating the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons that Obama heralded in a 2009 speech in Prague as “an afterthought.”

“You have a clear message to the world that this administration is not interested in leading global efforts to reduce nuclear threats,” Bell said. She warned that Trump’s boasting about an expanding U.S. nuclear arsenal could set off “a new nuclear arms race.”

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