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President Lyndon B. Johnson (far right) looks on as Secretary of State Dean Rusk signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968. (© Corbis/Getty Images)
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Doubling Down on the NPT

Fellow Ryan Schmedding and Economic Officer Natalia Sitnikov meet with the mayor of Karakol, the second largest city in the Kyrgyz Republic, to discuss air pollution in the city. [State Department photo by Ryan Schmedding/ Public Domain]
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State Department Intern Viviana Gonzalez poses for a photo at the Harry S. Truman building.
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