Home News UK & World News

Obama makes nuclear weapons pledge

Apr 5 2009

The threat of global nuclear war has gone down, but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up, US President Barack Obama said.

He said the US was "ready to lead", had a "moral responsibility to act" and stood for the right of everybody to live free of fear in the 21st century.

Mr Obama said America was committed to "seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons" and, repeating his key slogan from last year's presidential election, added that it was time for those who said the world could not change to be told: "Yes we can".

Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts

Have your say on the latest news and sport in our Forums

To the Chester Chronicle homepage

Site Tools