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Physicians, veterans and peace advocates urge Massachusetts to support 'Back from the Brink' resolution and press for nuclear risk reduction
Summary
A broad coalition of physicians, veterans, peace activists and local officials urged the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to report favorably on S1649, a nonbinding resolution endorsing the Back from the Brink platform to reduce nuclear risks and press for multilateral negotiations.
Physicians, veterans, surviving families, peace activists and local officials urged the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to advance Senate Bill 1649, a resolution titled "Back from the Brink," which calls on federal leaders to pursue specific measures to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons use and to negotiate verifiable elimination agreements. "Passing S1649 will add pressure on Washington to take urgently needed action to save our species from it," said Joe Garson of the…
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