Obama Nuclear Summit to Focus on Smuggled Materials for Weapons
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President Barack Obama is preparing to host a two-day summit of leaders from more than 40 nations with a goal of cracking down on the threat of nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists.
The gathering next week in Washington will focus on separated plutonium and highly enriched uranium that could be smuggled or sold on the black market to groups such as al-Qaeda, administration officials said today in a conference call with reporters.