Obama: Eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide

In a speech today, Democratic candidate Barack Obama will call for the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons:

Mr. Obama, according to details provided by his campaign Monday,also will call for pursuing vigorous diplomatic efforts aimed at aglobal ban on the development, production and deployment ofintermediate-range missiles.

“In 2009, we will have a window ofopportunity to renew our global leadership and bring our nationtogether,” Mr. Obama is planning to say, according to an excerpt ofremarks provided by his aides. “If we don’t seize that moment, we maynot get another.”

Rejoining the nuclear nonproliferation and test ban treaties would be a start.  Those are just two of the many international treaties that the Bush Administration has dropped from over the last six years.