Retired Air Force Colonel Richard Klass (pictured) and Dr. Ira Helfand tour Maine on April 5 and 6. They'll speak to audiences in Portland, Brunswick, Lewiston, Waterville and Orono.
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More on Climate Change »Has nuclear terrorism become a bigger threat to global security than conventional nuclear weapons? Colonel Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Dr. Ira Helfand of Physicians for Social Responsibility will be in Maine April 5 & 6 to provide medical and military perspectives on this question and other nuclear security issues.
Doug Dransfield MD, Syd Sewall MD, and Paul Liebow MD had their nuclear nonproliferation opeds published in Maine's three largest newspapers. The Brunswick Times runs an editorial in favor of START II and CTBT.
An op-ed by Maine PSR member Dr. Paul Averill Liebow.
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