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Demanding action on nuclear threats, Gov. Jerry Brown will help lead group behind the Doomsday Clock

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Few topics produce more fiery rhetoric from Jerry Brown, delivered with equal doses of exhortation and exasperation, than the threat posed by nuclear weapons. And as he exits the state's political stage, California's governor will expand his role in the global debate over nuclear disarmament.

Brown accepted an invitation Thursday to become the executive chairman of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Chicago-based organization best known for its Doomsday Clock that

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