Obama Calls For Nuclear Warhead Reduction
BERLIN — President Obama on Wednesday called for reducing the number of deployed U.S. strategic nuclear warheads by one-third if the Russian government agrees to a similar cut, reviving a goal outlined early in his presidency to work toward a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama’s proposal, which met with a cool reception in Moscow, came during a much-anticipated speech here that sought to shake Western nations from complacency that he said has taken hold since the end of the Cold War.
Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, a historic backdrop for U.S. presidents , Obama said the dissolution of the Soviet Union has brought “a sense that the great challenges have somehow passed.”
Arguing against that notion, he cited climate change, which he called “the global threat of our time,” international terrorism, poverty and intolerance as challenges that only collective action by the United States and its European allies can solve.
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