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US President Barack Obama issued a call for Russian and US nuclear arsenals to be slashed in a speech at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday, June 19, and warned Western governments against complacency, saying history’s work was not done. The US leader called on Russia to agree to bring the number of strategic nuclear weapons held by the former Cold War foes down to around 1,000 and to also cut stocks of tactical nuclear arms. It remains unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom Obama had a frosty meeting at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on Monday, will agree to such substantial weapons cuts.
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