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Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation

Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism

Our Mission

To counter the threat of terrorists acquiring and/or using a weapon of mass destruction, WMDT works with foreign partners to establish, strengthen, and maintain their capabilities to deter, detect, defeat, and respond to terrorist attempts to acquire or use chemical, biological, radioactive, or nuclear materials.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future