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Simmering nuclear pot awaits Obama – UPI.com

Simmering nuclear pot awaits Obama UPI.com Nov. 30, 2008  WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) — Analysts are warning that Barack Obama will take over controls of the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a time when the threat of a nuclear war is expected to increase.

Observers say that along with the current spike in tensions between India and Pakistan, the incoming president will have to deal with the expiration of a key arms reduction pact with the Russians next year along with the budding nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran………………..Obama, who has been getting regular intelligence briefings since his election this month, will take over the “football,” the codes that authenticate a nuclear launch order, as soon as he is sworn in on Jan. 20.

Simmering nuclear pot awaits Obama – UPI.com

December 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized