Amy Goodman
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Obama Urged to Take U.S. Nukes Off High Alert Before Trump Takes Office
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December 29, 2016
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10:44Now PlayingA leading arms control organization is calling for President Obama to take U.S. nuclear missiles off high alert before Presidentelect Donald Trump assumes office. The Ploughshares Fund has circulated a public petition urging President Obama to place restraints on the incoming president’s ability to launch a nuclear attack. Last week, Presidentelect Trump alarmed nuclear weapons experts when he raised the prospect of a new global arms race on Twitter. We speak to Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, which has circulated the petition urging President Obama to take U.S. nuclear missiles off high alert.
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