Iranian Nuclear Program       08/27/2010 - The Obama administration has taken several steps to pressuring Iran to comply with international obligations regarding its nuclear program, including passing unilateral and multilateral travel, trade, and financial sanctions; exposing the Iranian secret enrichment facility in Qom; and pressing for the adoption of a IAEA-brokered fuel swap agreement that would deprive Iran bomb making material while ensuring that its nuclear medicine needs were met.       10/25/2009 - IAEA inspectors spent three days inspecting Iran's Qom facility. IAEA Director-General ElBaradei said in an interview published Nov. 5 that inspectors found "nothing to be worried about" at the site.       09/24/2009 - President Obama told the UN Security Council that "all nations have the right to peaceful nuclear energy" and called on the world to "demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise, and that treaties will be enforced." He said that the unanimously passed UNSCR 1887 demonstrated that the UNSC has both the authority and responsibility to respond to violations of its resolutions, including those regarding Iran.       09/11/2009 - The Obama administration will engage directly with Iran over its nuclear program along with the other P5+1 parties at an October 1 meeting. Civil Nuclear Energy       08/25/2010 - Several steps to bring pressure to bear on Iran over its nuclear program whose peaceful purpose has been questioned for years, including in a blunt assessment by the IAEA in February 2010 . Steps taken by the Administration include passing unilateral and multilateral travel, trade, and financial sanctions; conducting extensive diplomatic outreach to international partners, exposing Iranian covert enrichment facility, and attempting to engage with Iran and reach mutually beneficial solutions, particularly in regards to fueling its Tehran reactor.       02/01/2010 - The Obama administration has taken steps to increase the U.S. annual contribution to the IAEA, including an increase of $14.5 million between FY10 and FY11 in voluntary contributions and an additional $50 million over the next five years for a new IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative. North Korean Nuclear Program       07/30/2010 - In 2007 North Korea supposedly supplied Syria with 45 tons of raw uranium for an covert nuclear reactor. Also, there have been accusations about North Korean involvement with alleged proliferation activities in Myanmar. Nuclear Disarmament       05/28/2010 - While every Obama administration goal may not have been achieved, the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference of 190 countries ended with a final declaration that laid out small, but significant steps toward strengthening the NPT and nonproliferation regime. In particular, countries recommitted themselves to the NPT's basic bargain; developed action plans on nonproliferation, disarmament, and nuclear energy; and agreed to hold a 2012 regional conference on a WMD free zone in the Middle East. Specific Administration goals supported by the document include strengthening IAEA safeguards and moving toward a world without nuclear weapons.       04/08/2010 - President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed a new START treaty in Prague. The treaty, which reduces the number of nuclear weapons held by the two nations, awaits ratification.       04/06/2010 - The Obama administration released its Nuclear Posture Review which places preventing nuclear terrorism at the top of the nation's security agenda, provides guarantees to non-nuclear states in compliance with their international obligations that they U.S. won't use a nuclear weapon against them, and describes how the U.S. will decrease the role and number of its nuclear weapons as it works toward a nuclear weapons free world.       02/02/2010 - President Obama's FY10 budget and FY11 request contained no funds for new nuclear weapons but did include significant funding for stockpile management.       02/01/2009 - In January 2009, the U.S. reached the upper limit of 2,200 operationally deployed strategically warheads set by the Moscow Treaty. Biological Terrorism       05/07/2010 - Administration officials engaged with a diverse multidisciplinary audience on May 5-6 through a special track, Biosecurity Conference, within the Biological Industry Organization's (BIO) annual international convention. This was a first of its kind event. Nuclear Terrorism       04/14/2010 - The Obama administration hosted the first ever Nuclear Security Summit which included leaders from 47 nations and three international organizations. The summit resulted in a communique, work plan, individual commitments by nations to strengthen their nuclear security, and plans of a second Nuclear Security Summit to take place in Seoul, South Korea in 2012.       11/05/2009 - DHS completed the deployment of non-intrusive radiation detection scanning equipment to all northern border land ports of entry ahead of schedule.       01/29/2009 - Gary Samore was appointed WMD 'czar' by the White House. South Asian Nuclear Risks       12/30/2009 -  The Obama administration is supporting talks between the Indian Government and Kashmiri separatist groups to assist in stabilizing the region and has been praised for its quiet diplomacy with the two countries.       10/15/2009 - President Obama signed into law a bill tripling civilian aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion a year for five years.