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Is the U.S. losing track of its nuclear weapons?

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues. America's care about most. Six nuclear missiles were missing for 36 hours until the Air Force discovered they'd been flown

across the United States. It was 18 months before nose cones turned up in Taiwan, where they'd

been shipped as helicopter parts. Top military and civilian officers were fired this month, but now it

turns out that hundreds, possibly thousands of nuclear weapons components, are missing. On to the point, is it bad record-keeping?

Have they fallen into the wrong hands? If it can't keep track of its own stockpile, how can

the U.S. make demands on other countries? On reporter's notebook letter on, comedian George Carlin

remembered.

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Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Nuclear weapons

are never supposed to be used. So safeguarding, America's vast arsenal does not put Air Force officials

on the fast track to promotion. On To the Point, is that why the U.S. is losing track of its nuclear

weapons? What's the risk of mistakes and oversights? Whatever On to the point, is that why the U.S. is losing track of its nuclear weapons? What's the risk of

mistakes and oversights? Whatever happened to nuclear disarmament? On reporter's notebook,

George Carlin redefined the art of stand-up comedy. He died yesterday at 71. We'll hear from a friend

and admirer, Harry Shearer. First, this news update, Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, says only God will remove him from office.

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