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Nuclear Politics and Proliferation

The United Nations rebukes Iran for failing to make its nuclear program transparent, but the United States and Russia maintain thousands of nuclear warheads. Some activists say those stockpiles should cause more concern than the efforts of Iran and other countries. Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests for an update on the global nuclear threat.

Guests:

Mike Shuster
*NPR diplomatic correspondent

George Perkovich
*Vice president of studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
*Non-proliferation expert

Dr. Helen Caldicott
*President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute

Dan Goure
*Vice president of the Lexington Institute, a public policy group
*Director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Defense Department in the first Bush administration

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Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
Neal Conan
Award winning journalist Neal Conan was the final host of Talk of the Nation, which broadcast its final show on June 27, 2013.
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