Obama Unveils New Nuke Policy

Posted on Apr 6, 2010

White House / Pete Souza

President Barack Obama made the auspicious step of releasing his new Nuclear Posture Review on Tuesday, two days before he was due to co-sign an arms reduction treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague. So what, you may wonder, is the Nuclear Posture Review? The BBC has some details.

BBC:

The Nuclear Posture Review, published on Tuesday, outlines plans for “achieving substantial further nuclear force reductions” beyond the new treaty.

Every president since 1991 conducts such a review - the last one took place in 2001 at the start of George W Bush’s administration.

But Mr Obama set high expectations when he declared America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons in Prague last year.

For the first time, the US is ruling out a nuclear response to attacks on America involving biological, chemical or conventional weapons.

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