Scientists Urge Bush to Limit Nuclear Missions; U.S. Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary to Deter Attacks by Non-Nuclear States, Terrorists From: U.S. Newswire | Date: March 13, 2002 | Copyright 2002 U.S. Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

WASHINGTON, March 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Union of Concerned Scientists today called on President Bush to declare that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter and, if necessary, respond to the use of nuclear weapons by another country.

"The Bush administration appears unaware that its policies will stimulate nuclear proliferation," said Dr. Kurt Gottfried, a physicist at Cornell University and UCS Chairman. "The U.S. has conventional military forces that dwarf those of all possible adversaries combined. If the U.S. plans to resort to nuclear weapons to fight far weaker ...

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