The Democratic National Committee released its 2012 platform yesterday, and provisions involving nuclear weapons and nonproliferation policy not surprisingly mirror the Obama Administration’s nuclear security agenda. The platform, which is expected to be adopted at this week’s Democratic National Convention, indicates Obama’s interest in working with Russia on a new arms control agreement with “responsible reductions” to the size of the each nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles as well as push for the Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty and a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty. “President Obama and the Democratic Party are committed to preventing the further spread of nuclear weapons and to eventually ridding the planet of these catastrophic weapons,” the platform says. “This goal will not be achieved overnight. It will require patience, perseverance, and the steady accumulation of concrete actions. But real progress has already been made. … The Obama administration has moved away from Cold War thinking by reducing the prominence of nuclear weapons in America’s national security strategy, and it has urged others to do the same. As long as these weapons exist, the United States will maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal to deter any adversary and guarantee the defense of our allies. But President Obama has taken important steps to decrease America’s nuclear arsenal and is committed to further responsible reductions.”