As the historic first 100 days of President Barack Obama’srnadministration fly by, he faces a tsunami of advice on the key priorities hernshould pursue over the next four years. Ranging from energy independence andrnnational health care reform to improving America’s image with the Islamicrnworld and revamping our foreign assistance structure, the president must decidernwhere to focus his scarce time, resources, and political capital. One initiative hernshould strongly consider this year is calling upon the U.S. Senate to once againrntake up the ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) tornoutlaw nuclear testing around the world, even though the initiative failed inrnOctober 1999 by a 51—48 vote.
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