The U.S. Should Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va. › September 24, 2011

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To the Editor:

On Sept. 24, 1996, after intense international negotiations, a verifiable global ban on nuclear test explosions - the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) - was presented for countries to sign. Because the CTBT clearly benefits U.S. national security by constraining other countries' nuclear weapons capabilities, the United States played a galvanizing role in test ban negotiations, and was the first in line to sign the treaty.

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The U.S. Should Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

For the CTBT to go into effect, however, it must be ratified by the United States and eight other holdout countries. Fift...

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