Saturday, April 2, 2016

Nuclear Summit Ends -- News Round-up



The Guardian: Obama at nuclear summit: 'madmen' threaten global security

US president issues warning to leaders but says that since first summit six years ago, the world has taken ‘concrete, tangible steps’ to reduce nuclear terrorism

Barack Obama used his final nuclear security summit on Friday to deliver the stark warning that “madmen” could kill and injure hundreds of thousands of innocent people using only plutonium the size of an apple.

“The danger of a terrorist group obtaining and using a nuclear weapon is one of the greatest threats to global security,” said Obama, convening the meeting of more than 50 world leaders in Washington.

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More News On The End Of The Nuclear Summit In Washington

Obama: 'Madmen' must not be allowed to get nuclear material -- Reuters
Obama warns of ISIS' potential nuclear ambitions at summit -- CBS
Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama -- BBC
Obama Nuclear Summit Focuses on N. Korea, Islamic State -- VOA
Leaders in Washington for nuclear summit without Russia -- DW
At Nuclear Summit, Many Leaders But No Breakthroughs -- NPR
Peace out, fools! Obama plays the clown by flashing the peace sign for nuclear security summit 'team photo'... and gets a very unimpressed look from David Cameron and bemused world leaders -- Daily Mail
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump’s Comments on Nuclear Weapons -- NYT

1 comment:

TWN said...

We are so screwed, these so called leaders we have, "couldn't run a two man race to a 3 man outhouse". Imagine this should have been done years ago and those pee brains are just getting around to that now. So screwed.