President Peacemaker?

page 1 of 2 by Joshua Kucera Two U.S. lawmakers say the Kazakh leader deserves a Nobel Prize for giving up Soviet-era atomic weapons. From EurasiaNet. WASHINGTON | Two members of the U.S. Congress are spearheading an effort to nominate the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, for a Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of Kazakhstan’s decision in the early 1990s to give up nuclear weapons it inherited upon gaining independence from the Soviet Union. The two chief sponsors are Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, and Charlie Melancon, a Democrat from Louisiana. In late June, they circulated a letter to other members of Congress seeking their support for Nazarbaev’s nomination. The letter also nominates Senator Richard Lugar and former Senator Sam Nunn, who created a U.S. program offering money and technical... [read full story]