we face a preparations each year for nunn-lugar, and all the rest of that. sam made a good point. in the old days, when so many restrictions were placed on nunn-lugar that they did not do anything. there were so busy filling out reports. the whole year passed. this has gone through several administrations and the ups and downs. this is why it is very important. we remind everybody of where we were and how we have come along and what we need to do. >> just like sam nunn offered cover for a lot of people to come along. i do not think new s.t.a.r.t. would be here today without you. >> we would not have had the treaty or any verification. we would be two superpowers with thousands of nuclear weapons with no way to verify. your military gets paid to assume the worst case. dick lugar deserves a huge amount of credit for getting that s.t.a.r.t. treat through the senate. [applause] >> one last question. and then i will go to the audience. when i was going back and thinking about nunn-lugar through the years, you had two statesman, you had a vision, you had effective politicking to get over

senator sam nunn served as co-chairman and chief executive officer of the nuclear threat initiative. he was the united states senator from georgia for more than 24 years. senator nunn attended emory law school where he graduated with honors in 1962. after active duty service in the u.s. coast guard he served six years in the u.s. coast guard reserve. he first entered politics as a member of the georgia house of representatives in 1960. during his tenure in the u.s. senate, senator nunn search is a chairman of the senate armed services committee and the permanent subcommittee on investigations. his legislative achievements included the landmark department of defense reauthorization act addressed it with the late senator berry goldwater. u.s. senator richard g. lugar is the ranking republican of the senate foreign relations committee and a well-known leader in the national security issues. a proponent of free trade and economic growth, senator lugar was elected in the u.s. senate in 1976 and won a sixth term in 2006 with 87% of the vote. his fourth consecutive victory by a two-thirds ma

about 30 years ago a fellow named sam nunn and he was the managing editor of the philadelphia enquirer the overnight name to me this science writer. and this was a terrific thing for me because i was working in a suburban bureau, and then i get to come down and work in the main office. particularly during the 1970's the enquirer was one of the preeminent newspapers in america . overnight i was one of the preeminent science writers in america, all of which was, of course, completely unmerited. it turned out that jim, and looking for a new science writer for the newspaper was going to the resin maze of everyone on staff, and he noticed that i subscribe to scientific american. that is so i became a science writer. the truth of the matter is i was an english major in college, and i have started subscribing to scientific american precisely because i knew nothing of a science. i thought, well, helped also much of the modern world depends on science and technology, out to make an effort to understand these things. i think that magazine has done a lot better, but 20 or 30 years ago i could not

and later, more live coverage as republican senator dick lugar and his former colleague, democrat sam nunn, assess their legislation passed 20 years ago that aimed to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction. >> also today the co-founders of the ben and jerry's ice cream chain speak at the national press club about their support for the occupy wall street movement. ben cohen and jerry greenfield will explain how business leaders can reduce economic inequality and bring about the changes being advocated by the movement's demonstrators. this event can be seen live later this morning at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span.t a >> next, newark, new jersey,li mayor coryke booker.. he recently spoke on behalf ofth presidente obama and his re-election campaign in manchester, new hampshire.f the event was co-hosted by the st. answer helm college creme cats and -- democratses and the group organizing for america. it runs about 50 minutes. [applause] >> i'm sorry, i just had to retreat christian there. how's everybody doing?i are we enthusiastic? are we excited? not for me though. [laughter]e look, i a