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Sixty Years of Trying to Control the Bomb [48min]

Sixty years after President Harry Truman called for an end to the use of atomic weapons, arms control efforts continue. How did we get where we are today? Talk of the Nation examines the issue in a live broadcast before a studio audience at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Guests: Ambassador Linton Brooks, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA), co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"