http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/232255Support Growing for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
William Lambers
April 27, 2011
Earlier this month Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for arms control, said, "The reality is that the United States has not tested a nuclear weapon for nearly twenty years, and we do not need to do so."
So why hasn't the United States ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)? This treaty would ban all nuclear test explosions.
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Support for the CTBT is growing. Col. Richard L. Klass of the Veterans’ Alliance for Security and Democracy and Dr. Robert Dodge of the Physicians for Social Responsibility just penned an op-ed supporting the CTBT.
Another recent article highlights physics professor Dr. Jerry Gilfoyle and his advocacy for the CTBT. The event where Tauscher was speaking was a Global Zero convention, a group in favor of the treaty and other steps toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. Ending nuclear testing certainly makes conditions much more suitable for disarmament to take place.
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