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DESCRIPTION:In April 2009, President Obama declared in Prague, "America's commitment to 
 seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But he 
 also said that the goal of nuclear disarmament "will not be reached quickly 
 - perhaps not in my lifetime," and, "as long as these weapons exist the 
 United States will maintain a safe, secure and effective arsenal..."\n\nIn 
 April 2010, the central contradiction in Obama's Prague speech played out 
 in his Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which on one hand walks back the Bush 
 NPR (partly) on when and against whom the U.S. would use nuclear bombs, and 
 on the other hand fully embraces the Bush plan to "modernize" the nuclear 
 weapons complex and arsenal.\n\nFurther, Senate Republicans have threatened 
 to hold ratification of the new START treaty hostage to increased funding 
 for "replacement" H-bombs and new weapons plants to produce them. And 
 Obama's budget request for nuclear weapons activities exceeds the Bush 
 budget - and the average U.S. spending on nuclear weapons during the Cold 
 War, adjusted for inflation.\n\nWill enhancing nuclear weapons research and 
 production lead to nuclear abolition? What can we do to move a genuine 
 disarmament agenda forward in the Obama Administration?\n\nOn Thursday, 
 June 24, PASMC will present Marylia Kelley, Executive Director at 
 Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), who will 
 address the growing paradox of achieving nuclear abolition in the age of 
 Obama. Marylia is well respected as a nuclear weapons and policy analyst 
 and as a passionate advocate for disarmament, and she has recently returned 
 from the NPT conference at the UN. She will share insights into national 
 and international nuclear issues and stimulate our thinking on strategies 
 needed to win concrete victories over the coming months.\n\nThe talk will 
 take place in Beck Hall of the Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo. 
 Admission is free and refreshments will be on hand. Beck Hall is wheelchair 
 accessible.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/12/18650532.php
SUMMARY:Marylia Kelley on Achieving Nuclear Disarmament in the Age of Obama
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/12/18650532.php
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