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Bush's legacy: The wasted years

In the first of three features on the legacy of the Bush administration, Declan Butler looks at the United States' failure to deal with the risks of nuclear proliferation.

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Butler, D. Bush's legacy: The wasted years. Nature 457, 250–251 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457250a

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