Durston for Congress

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Nuclear Weapons

I believe that the continued existence of nuclear weapons is the single greatest threat to our country and to human society in general. The U.S. remains vulnerable to a nuclear attack through nuclear terrorism or accidental nuclear war. The only way to definitively eliminate the threat of a nuclear attack is to totally eliminate nuclear weapons. In 1970, 178 countries, including the United States , signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, under which it was agreed that no new countries would acquire nuclear weapons, and in return, the 5 countries that already had them (the United States , the Soviet Union, France, China , and Britain ) would work toward nuclear disarmament. I believe that it is time that all countries, including the United States , abide by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. As a U.S. Congressman, I will work toward verifiable world-wide elimination of nuclear weapons.