I'm John Batchel. It's a pleasure to welcome David Albright, president and founder of the Institute for Science

and International Security, writing in the Wall Street Journal most recently with his colleague

Andrew Stricker, deputy director of the non-proliferation program at the Foundation for the

Defense of Democracies. The issue is what used to be called in the 20th century, loose

nukes.

It's difficult to pronounce quickly, but it speaks to a tragic threat, always, dealing with nuclear weapons and the makings of nuclear weapons.

David and Andrea are anticipating that if there is to be a confrontation, a military confrontation, by the United

States to change the direction of the Iranian peoples to one of promise and not brutality,

if there is to be that change, what happens the day after is extremely profoundly important

at this moment. How do we know this? Because we've been there before. David, a very good evening

to you. Loose Newkes. I remember the term from Steve Cohen, Professor Steve Cohen teaching me

a grave concern after the Cold War ended

because there was evidence that there were nuclear weapons spread willy-nilly throughout the

Russian republics. And that was a major concern for the U.S. at the time, both parties,

this is the Clinton administration, eager to answer what about

Kazakhstan, Belarus, maybe Armenia, I don't remember the whole list. Well, you and Andrea

bring to our attention that the problem never really goes away. What are we, what are we major worried about in Iran?

What are you looking for first and what could cause us trouble going forward? Good evening to

David. Good evening. Iran has, has some very dangerous nuclear material. I mean,

President Trump said everything was destroyed and the centrifuge program. I mean, President Trump said everything was destroyed and

the centrifuge program. I mean, most of the nuclear program was destroyed, but certain things

remained. And there's, so there's enough highly enriched uranium that can be used directly

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