US News & World Report: On 13 June, at a meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, US undersecretary of state Rose Gottemoeller said the treaty was a major force for good in the world—despite the fact that neither the US nor 7 of the 43 other nuclear-capable nations have ratified it. Domestic politics has prevented ratification in the US. Gottemoeller encouraged other nations to go ahead with ratification and said the Obama administration is still firmly in favor of the treaty. The continued lack of ratification has not diminished the administration's goals of reducing the domestic nuclear stockpile and fighting the global spread of nuclear weapons, she added.
