Journalists planning to cover the Obama administration’s Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, will want to attend this pre-summit press briefing for expert insights on what the summit might achieve.

WHAT:  Pre-Summit Press Briefing with Nuclear Security Experts

WHEN:  12 Noon – 2 p.m., April 6 (Lunch will be served)

WHERE:  Holeman Lounge, 13th Floor, National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

TO RSVP: E-mail Sean Harder.

The Nuclear Security Summit will bring together more than 40 world leaders to discuss securing nuclear materials worldwide. The following members of the Fissile Materials Working Group (FWMG), a group of more than 40 leading experts and nongovernmental organizations in nuclear security and nonproliferation, will share their expectations and insights on the Nuclear Security Summit:
 

• Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Former advisor to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he played a major role in US policies related to the control and disposition of weapons-usable nuclear materials.
   
• Kenneth Luongo, co-chair of the FMWG and president and founder of the Partnership for Global Security. Former senior advisor to the Secretary of Energy for Nonproliferation Policy and director of the Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation at the DOE.
   
• Alexandra Toma, co-chair of the FMWG and program director of the Connect US Fund and expert in national security policymaking.
   
• Elizabeth “Libby” Turpen, associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and expert on national security, nuclear weapons, and nonproliferation policy.

The 9/11 Commission and subsequent studies have confirmed that Al Qaeda is actively seeking nuclear materials to use against America. As a result, bipartisan experts have uniformly recommended strengthening our efforts to limit the availability of nuclear material to terrorists by eliminating this material from the black market, locking down existing stockpiles, and reducing the number of nuclear weapons around the world that can fall into the hands of our enemies.

The FMWG has formed to support and help implement the goal of securing all vulnerable fissile materials as quickly as possible. For more information about the FMWG, an agenda for the group’s international summit and related activities, please visit www.fmwg.org. For related events, please visit http://fmwg.presstools.org/node/35086#attachments.