Thalif Deen Interviews Jacqueline Cabasso

UNITED NATIONS - As President-elect Barack Obama marshals his transition team before he takes office on Jan. 20, some of his political supporters are wondering how much of his campaign promises will receive priority during his first hundred days in the White House.

Jacqueline Cabasso at a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty preparatory committee meeting in Geneva in May 2008. (Credit:Steven Starr)

With a recession-hit U.S. economy ranking high on the domestic political agenda, he will also have to gradually deal with a slew of international issues, including climate change, multilateralism, human rights, free trade, weapons of mass destruction, and war and peace.

Will Obama, who was once quoted as saying that "America seeks a world in which there are no nuclear weapons," place a higher priority on nuclear disarmament than previous U.S. administrations? More >>>