"Some specific proposals that Senator McCain has made are troubling," Mr. Holstein said, because of the problems of storage and reprocessing, and the issue of non-proliferation of nuclear fuel.
"[But] it's unfortunate that Speaker Boehner's actions on the eve of a national election in Israel have made Tuesday's event more political and less helpful for addressing the critical issue of nuclear non-proliferation and the safety of our most important ally in the Middle East".
Increasingly the US has been at the forefront of non-proliferation efforts through multilateral negotiations with Iran and North Korea and with the Proliferation Security Initiative.
After six decades, the nuclear power industry continues to struggle with issues of safety, non-proliferation, waste and cost.
They will tackle issues such as African development, terrorism, non proliferation, and the global economy.
But issues of proliferation - especially nuclear proliferation - tend to be seen as a class apart.
But the broader issue of firearms proliferation cannot be avoided.
Mr. Kerry may have exaggerated the attention he has given the issue of proliferation.
Secondly, and very briefly, we have to address the issue of proliferation.
During separate meetings at the Presidential Palace, Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia and Presidential Chief of Staff Gilberto Carvalho discussed with Ambassador Shannon their interest in working together on a range of regional and global issues, including Honduras, Venezuela, Haiti, and non-proliferation issues.
Once he did so during the campaign, Ellsworth conveyed the incoming Nixon administration's views on a variety of issues, such as the ratification of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Middle East.
