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Blog: Nuclear Security Summit Day 2

After a profitable opening day at the Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama hopes for further gains in promoting an international cooperative effort to secure fissile materials. Yesterday, Ukraine announced that it will remove its entire highly enriched uranium stockpile by 2012. Canada also announced that it would be transferring highly enriched uranium back to the United States. Story by Walter Fick, White House Correspondent

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Blog: Obama Meets Chinese President Hu Jintao at Nuclear Security Summit

President Obama met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao for an hour and a half on Monday during the first day of the Nuclear Security Summit. White House officials said that the two leaders spent much of their time discussing Iran’s nuclear belligerence.
Story by Walter Fick, White House Correspondent

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