Nix nukes.

While 150 top U.S. officials and defense contractors Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; met in Omaha, Nebraska “Omaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Omaha (disambiguation).
Omaha is the largest city in the State of Nebraska, United States. It is the county seat of Douglas County.^GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 390,007. , in August to discuss expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal, 1,200 people protested against the development of nuclear weapons at Lawrence Livermore Lawrence Livermore may refer to:

Larry Livermore musician, record producer and music journalist.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Lab in California. It was the largest anti-nuke demonstration at the lab since the 1980s.

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Date:	Nov 1, 2003
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