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Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, 501 organization with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. Wikipedia*

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Federation of American Scientists has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1990 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2009 with an average of 240 views per video.

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    U.S. Nuclear Weapons

    Federation of American Scientists officials held a briefing on the U.S. nuclear policy, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, …

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    Options in the Persian Gulf

    The Federation of American Scientists discussed various United States policy options for resolving the Persian Gulf crisis. T…

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