The United States will swear off the development of new generations of nuclear weapons and will not use its existing air force to use on the other nation that isnt a threat.
Obama stressed that the preventing of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism in the top of Americas nuclear agenda.
He noted the United States will conduct nuclear testing and administration will seek ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban treaty.
The position provides a road map to help achieve Obamas longterm goal of a nuclear free world, Gates addedd.
It removes a calculated ambiguity in past U.S. nuclear policy while making clear that this is a weapon of last resort.
The federal government took its first formal step to regulate global warming pollution on Thursday by issuing final rules for greenhouse gas emmissions for automobiles and light trucks.
The move ends a 30 year battle between regulators and automakers but sets the stade for what may be a bigger fight over climate- altering emissions from stationary sources like power plants steel mills an refineries.




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