Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Presidents, prime minsters and top officials from 47 countries mingled Monday on the threshold of President Barack Obama's nuclear proliferation summit, the largest assembly hosted by a U.S. leader since the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945.
Obama wants world leaders to confront the threat of nuclear arms falling into the hands of terrorists — a specter he labels "the single biggest threat to U.S. security." And he's looking at the high-profile security forum here to help him reach his goal of ensuring that all nuclear materials worldwide are secured from theft or diversion within four years.
A few hours ahead of Obama's official Monday afternoon welcome for the guests at a convention center here, he sat down for a series of meetings with international visitors, including Jordan's King Abdullah II.
On the eve of the meeting, Obama said that nuclear materials in the hands of al-Qaida or another terrorist group "could change the security landscape in this country and around the world for years to come."

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