WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, bolstered the warning behind the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moving the Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight.  This measurement of nuclear risk now places the world just five minutes away from 12:00am, which indicates the world is at even greater risk of a nuclear disaster.  Below is Markey’s statement on this serious adjustment:

“For sixty years, the Doomsday Clock has been a lasting image of the nuclear age.  It has served as a visceral warning symbol that we must take all necessary measures to not only halt the spread of new nuclear weapons powers through successful nonproliferation policies, but also that we must also roll back our own nuclear arsenals through arms control agreements.  It is no surprise that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has concluded that six years of President Bush’s disastrous nonproliferation policies has moved the world closer to nuclear midnight.”

Today’s Doomsday Clock announcement can be found at:  http://www.thebulletin.org