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Russia To Go It Alone On Nuke Disarmament


October 14, 2012

by: Mike Shuster, NPR



October 14, 2012

 
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October 14, 2012

Russia announced this week that it would no longer work to disarm nuclear and chemical weapons under the U.S. program known as Nunn Lugar. This was a very successful program that reduced Russia's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction over the past 20 years. U.S. money and expertise drove the program, but now the Russians believe they have plenty of both to continue the job on their own. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

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