An ABC News article about presidential candidate Joe Biden’s nuclear priorities referenced the Council’s candidate questionnaire.
In a questionnaire last year by the Council for a Livable World in which Biden and other candidates were asked whether the U.S. should review its policy reserving the option of using nuclear weapons first, Biden said yes but did not elaborate. He also agreed that modernizing the U.S. arsenal could be done for less than the currently projected $1.2 trillion. Read more