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Act Now: Help Prevent a Nuclear, Chemical or Biological Terrorist Attack!

The Day After a Terrorist Attack with a Nuclear, Chemical or Biological Weapon... What Would We Wish We Had Done? Why Aren't We Doing It Now?

The threat is real. Terrorists are racing to get nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. We are not yet racing to stop them.
  • Some nuclear weapons materials around the world are protected by just a chain link fence.
  • Dangerous biological materials are available in laboratories all over the world because the same technology used to cure can be used to kill.
  • Millions of deadly chemical weapons are also at risk; storage facilities are often poorly secured and the weapon canisters are old and in danger of leaking.
    • We need to work with other nations. If terrorists want to acquire nuclear, biological and chemical weapons or materials, they will not necessarily go where there are the most materials, they may go where the materials are the least secure. That means our efforts must be global. We must work with other nations to secure nuclear weapons and materials at the source; improve biological defenses; and secure and destroy chemical weapons and materials.

    Right now the US spends less than one percent of the defense budget on cooperative efforts to keep nuclear, biological and chemical weapons out of the hands of terrorists. (Source: Matthew Bunn, Harvard University, 2003)

    Join Ted Turner, former Senator Sam Nunn, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, Senator Richard Lugar and others. Show your support for accelerating efforts to lock down and destroy these dangerous weapons and materials before terrorists can get them. Americans always pull together in a crisis. Now we must pull together to prevent one. SIGN NOW!



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    Attention President Bush & Presidential Candidates:

    I am writing to ask you to please add your voice by signing on to the priority action agenda to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and materials. Support efforts to prevent a terrorist attack by:


    Securing nuclear weapons and materials at their source;
    Improving biological defenses by developing better vaccines, treatments and ways to detect outbreaks, strengthening our public health system and reducing access to dangerous pathogens; and
    Securing and destroying chemical weapons stockpiles.

    Thank you,
    The Undersigned
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