The Obama Administration's Position on Nuclear Disarmament and the Response of Physicians for Social Responsibility

Room: 118
27.08.2010, Friday 17.00 - 18.15


Organizer: Robert Gould, MD, President, SF-Bay Area PSR, Associate Pathologist, Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA.

Speakers:
Moderator and Panel Participant: Jeffrey Patterson, DO (President, PSR; Professor of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health)
Panel Participants: Edward Ifft, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; former U.S. State Department negotiator for START and CTBT, and former Deputy Director, On-Site Inspection Agency; Robert Gould, MD, President, SF-Bay Area PSR, Associate Pathologist, Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA.

Following on President Obama's electrifying 2009 speech in Prague calling for a world without nuclear weapons, this panel will examine the progress, and barriers that have surfaced to date regarding the role of US leadership in global disarmament efforts. Edward Ifft will examine the issues surrounding progress towards START and CTBT ratification, with reference to the 2010 US Nuclear Posture Review. Jeffrey Patterson and Robert Gould will examine Department of Energy modernization proposals and other issues impacting the possibilities for fundamental change in US nuclear policy.

Including powerpoint presentations followed by questions and answers and interactive facilitated dialogue.