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U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Barack Obama Visit

U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Barack Obama visited Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 29 to sign the new Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction agreement - an agreement to counter the threat of bioterrorism and to prevent the proliferation of biological weapons, technology, materials and expertise. During their visit they met President of Ukraine Yushchenko, Prime-Minister Tymoshenko and other officials. They also went to Donetsk to visit the Donetsk State Chemical Product Plant where excess Ukrainian weapons and munitions are being eliminated.

	U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Barack Obama at a Press-Conference at the U.S. Embassy.
	U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Barack Obama at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy.
	Wreath-laying to Menorah Monument in Babyn Yar.
	Senators Lugar and Obama at a press conference at the Donetsk State Chemical Product Plant together with Ambassador John Herbst (first from right) and Donetsk Deputy Governor Hennadii Grishyn (first from left)
	Senators Lugar and Obama witness the process of munitions elimination at the Donetsk State Chemical Product Plant. Photo by Alexander Khudoteply, Reuters
	Senator Obama and Ambassador Herbst share a conversation at the storage facility for deactivated shells.

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