A short video about the peaceful uses of atomic energy as proposed by President Dwight Eisenhower. See the video at YouTube.
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Video: President Eisenhower’s Statement on Suspending Nuclear Weapons Testing
President Dwight Eisenhower makes a statement about nuclear weapons testing on August 22nd, 1958. This sets in motion negotiations which would lead to a Limited Test Ban Treaty in 1963 during President Kennedy’s administration. See the video on YouTube.
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Video: From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
A short video about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the aftermath, which included negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to end nuclear weapons testing. See the video on YouTube.
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Video: Arms Limitation in the Nuclear Weapons Age (part 3)
Part 3 of a film that highlights nuclear arms control efforts during the Cold War. See the film on YouTube.
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Video: Arms Limitation in the Nuclear Weapons Age (part 2)
Part 2 of a film that highlights nuclear arms control efforts during the Cold War. View the film on YouTube.
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Video: Arms Limitation in the Nuclear Weapons Age (part 1)
This film highlights nuclear arms control efforts during the Cold War. View the film on YouTube.
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Video: Eisenhower’s Open Skies for Peace
Video footage about Dwight Eisenhower’s open skies aerial inspection proposal during the Cold War. Includes President Eisenhower at a press conference discussing open skies and disarmament. A sample open skies flight is also shown. See the video on Youtube.
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Pope Francis says nukes rob from the hungry and poor
This week Pope Francis was among those speaking out against the catastrophic effects of nuclear weapons on mankind. The third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons was just held in Vienna, Austria.
Read the full article at Examiner.
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New Senate must finish what Ike, JFK started
We’ll have a new Senate soon. We don’t know exactly who yet, but one mission regardless should be the same: The Senate must finish what Ike and JFK started: ending nuclear weapons testing.
Read the commentary at The Hill:
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Kerry Urges Senate to End Nuclear Weapons Testing
Secretary of State John Kerry says it’s time to finish what President Kennedy started in 1963. Today (October 7) is the anniversary of Kennedy signing the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. It banned nuclear tests in the atmosphere, underwater…
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Author William Lambers 