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Be more secure. our work today not only advances the security of the united states, it advances the security of all mankind. >> the works that president obama is talking about is the ambitious goal laid out in the summit of securing all of the world's loose nuclear material within four years. not just american pledge, but a world pledge. this two-day summit which officially wrapped up today involved 49 leaders from around the world. among them, the president of south africa, jacob zuma, president obama met with him on sunday. in the 1970s and 1980s, south africa, of course, was under the contr...

Nuclear material as we were discussing before. some in our research reactors that we have to make sure is secure and move down to low enriched rather than highly enriched uranium. everyone has work to do including the united states. >> let's bring in josh levs. let's take a big step back here. who has nuclear weapons? which nations don't. let's break it out. where do you want to start? >> when you talk about trying to decrease proliferation and work toward a world in which there are no nuclear weapons and you've got to look at the numerical task in front of you. just how big is it? we'll start...

Diminishing the threats of nuclear terrorism, of those materials that are so many of them in unstable parts of the world reaching the hands of those who would use them to wreak havoc on any of us anywhere in the world. >> is there any risk in doing this in the sense thatter you watch iranian behavior over the years u north korean behaviors over the years, when you're lectured over the united states, they respond by essentially saying if you poke me, i'll poke you back, is there going to be some reaction from them after that. >> we heard president ahmadinejad of iran basically say this was humi...

Office is organized. i'm the coordinator for all of our removal activities. my office is still in charge. >>. >> you are in charge? >> that is correct. >> can you tell people what do you do? like when you leave to do this where does your family think you're going? >> it's not classified where i'm going and just what the details are of the operation. >> what should people understand about the difference between what we think of as nuclear power reactors and research reactors? >> the biggest difference is the material itself. the material is only like 3 to 4%. it's not material a terrorist can u...

Today the material is 70% enriched. some are higher than that. >> research reactors tend to be smaller in scale but have scarier stuff. >> exactly. the material is much smaller. so it is easier to transport. a usual reactor fuel rod is something you could pick up and walk off on your own. >> it is not so radioactive that you are going to -- >> not if it is put in a reactor. if it is in an operating research reactor and irradiated you would not pick up and walk off with it unless you are crazy because you will die. >> something that comes out of a nuclear reactor, something that has spent fuel,...