Senator Nunn on "The Colbert Report"
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Senator Sam Nunn and Stephen Colbert Discuss "Nuclear Tipping Point."
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the Terrorism Threat
WMD terrorism is a threat to global security. In 2010 testimony, the U.S. director of national intelligence said that dozens of identified domestic and international terrorists and terrorist groups have expressed intent to obtain and use WMD in future acts of terrorism.
Global Security Newswire
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Nuclear Fears Fuel GOP Debate on U.S. Aid to Pakistan
Nov. 23, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Fear that terrorists might gain access to Pakistani nuclear weapons played into a Tuesday clash between Republican presidential hopefuls over whether the United States should continue providing economic and security assistance to the South Asian state (see GSN, Nov. 18).
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Danger of Trafficked Nuclear, Radiological Materials Lingers: Experts
Nov. 16, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the threat of a terrorist or criminal organization acquiring and smuggling nuclear or radioactive materials out of Russia or its former states persists, nonproliferation experts familiar with the issue say (see GSN, Sept. 29).
