Ukraine to give up enriched uranium stockpile

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC/AP

WASHINGTON - The White House announced Monday that Ukraine was giving up all its highly enriched uranium, marking success for a major U.S. arms control initiative shortly before President Barack Obama opens a conference on locking down nuclear materials.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the Ukrainian stockpile, sufficient for several nuclear weapons, would be transferred to the United States for reprocessing by 2012.

The new Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, had just wrapped up a pre-conference meeting with Obama when the announcement was made.

Ukraine was left with major nuclear materials when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36411468/ns/politics-white_house/

[Robb]

1. The lesson here:

The high-flown ambition, which the president admits will probably not be a reality in his lifetime, began a year ago in Prague when he laid out plans for significant nuclear reductions and a nuclear-weapons-free world.

A reminder for those on DU who consider lack of progress within a week "failure." Real things in the real world require time, as well as people willing to work for things that may only benefit future generations.

[maxsolomon]

2. Spin that, Regressives

concrete results that make us demostrably safer.

although i'm sure there's a think tank meeting being conducted right now to spin it so that Obama looks weak on national defense... :eyes:

[SpartanDem]

3. K&R