Decades after the end of the cold war, the drive to build nuclear weapons by some governments continues, energized in no small part by the policies of the U.S. government. The awful power of nuclear weapons indiscriminately threatens all people.
Below you can find 11 key senators who hold much power in the U.S. government when it comes to nuclear weapons.
Some weapons are too terrible to ever be used. Nuclear weapons, like chemical and biological weapons, should be eliminated from the U.S. arsenal. As President John Kennedy said in 1961, “a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike.” They do not make Americans, or anyone else, more secure.