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We are diminished. Jonathan Tucker

Ploughshares Fund — Today we learned that Jonathan Tucker has passed away. Jonathan was a highly respected expert on chemical and biological weapons and policy issues and Ploughshares Fund is proud to have supported his efforts towards a safer and more peaceful world. Most recently Jonathan was heading up a program at the Federation of Read More »

August 3, 2011
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Biological weapons expert Tucker, 56, was known for fluency in politics – Washington Post

Biological weapons expert Tucker, 56, was known for fluency in politicsWashington PostA former editor at the journal Scientific American, he wrote authoritative histories on chemical warfare and the eradication of smallpox. In the early 1990s, he worked on arms control and nonproliferation matters at the State Department and the …and more »

August 3, 2011
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Biological weapons expert Tucker, 56, was known for fluency in politics – Washington Post

August 3, 2011
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A Retrospective Look at Chem-Bio Terrorism – Security Debrief

A Retrospective Look at Chem-Bio TerrorismSecurity DebriefThe authors included the Honorable Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy and a national security advisor to Senator and candidate Obama, several specialists in the psychology of terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, and Japanese linguists. …

August 2, 2011
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HHS preparedness grants help cities plan for anthrax attacks – NEagle

HHS preparedness grants help cities plan for anthrax attacksNEagleThe grants fund planning and exercises to incorporate US Postal Service workers into community plans to deliver medication after an anthrax bioterrorism attack. The Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Board in Kentucky, the Boston Public Health …