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Day 31: Obama seeks to cut back on nukes

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Obama is seeking to scale back the world’s nuclear arsenal.

President Obama is preparing to move ahead with the most ambitious arms-control agenda in decades, calling for dramatic cuts in US and Russian arsenals, a halt to the Bush administration’s plan for a more advanced nuclear warhead, and the ratification of a global treaty banning underground nuclear tests.

Story by Boston Globe