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Bunker Busted

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The U.S. has refused to reaffirm the 13 steps toward nuclear disarmament it agreed to in 2000, or allow discussion of Israel’s nuclear status … Critics pointed out that during the monthlong conference, the White House asked Congress to fund research on a nuclear “bunker-buster” bomb that could destroy buried weapons stockpiles a move contrary to the treaty’s intentions. “If governments simply ignore or discard commitments whenever they prove inconvenient, we will never be able to build an edifice of international cooperation and confidence in the security realm,” the head of Canada’s delegation, Ambassador Paul Meyer, said in a speech to the conference. “We believe this is a treaty worth fighting for, and we are not prepared to stand idly by while its crucial supports are undermined” … Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did not join other foreign ministers at the conference, an absence seen by many participants as a sign of the Bush administration’s diminishing regard for the treaty.

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