David Albright

Institute for Science and International Security

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President of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security, he specializes in secret nuclear programs around the world; former member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's weapons inspection team in Iraq and author of Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies

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In the chambers of Congress today, the Prime Minister of Israel challenged the President of the United States .

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