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January 2016 - Considering his writings and speeches, President Obama has been the President most concerned about the threats posed by nuclear weapons. The real possibility of accidental nuclear war has been made clear in several near misses. Just "Google" that term, and you will see.
This will be Pres. Obama's last year to take significant action on nuclear weapons. Without any congressional action needed, he can -alone or in concert with Russia- take all our nuclear weapons off their very destabilizing high-alert status. We have 450 ground-based nuclear missiles on high-alert status that are capable of launch in less than 2 minutes. George H. W. Bush unilaterally took all airborne nukes off high-alert status with excellent results: Russia felt less threatened, and became less threatening to us.
ACTION
Ask President Obama in his final year as President, to turn the words of his inspiring 2009 Prague speech into action and go to Japan on Hiroshima Day, August 6. Urge him to take all nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert. This will reduce the likelihood of accidental or mistaken nuclear war with its threat of nuclear winter, widespread devastation, starvation, and suffering.
Contact:
President Barack Obama
Web: www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Tel: 202 456-1111 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Fax: 202 456-2461
Mail:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2050
Please use this info to write a letter to the editor of your local press.
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