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Today marks the largest gathering of heads-of-state in the US since Franklin Roosevelt hosted a gathering during WWII. The topic? How to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. President Obama called it, “an indication of how deeply concerned everybody should be with the possibilities of nuclear traffic,” adding “I think at the end of this we're going to see some very specific, concrete actions that each nation is taking that will make the world a little bit safer.” There's already been some progress. Ukraine's President, Viktor Yanukovich, vowed to get rid of all of his country's highly enriched uranium within two years. This summit comes on the heals of the signing of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between Obama and Russian President Demetry Medvedev. The treaty still needs to be ratified by the US Senate. added by: lucasives