All training is conducted at the unclassified level. To ensure broad international political support for the Agency s inspections, the IAEA inspectorate must include nationals from a wide range of IAEA member states. Although the U.S. labs have excluded nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea from their training activities, nationals from other countries on the Energy Department sensitive countries list have received training to prepare them for their work as IAEA inspectors. Curtailing training for nationals from all sensitive counties on the Department s sensitive country list would lead the IAEA to declare the United States ineligible for the training mission, resulting in a highly damaging loss of influence in this crucial area. Unclassified exchanges at the DOE labs and demonstrations of key verification technologies there are an essential tool for building support for both treaties among countries of proliferation concern, especially, China, India, Israel, and Pakistan.
Science is the key that unlocks many of our national challenges.
To advance, we must include minds that are the world's first and finest. For science to rapidly advance at the frontiers, it must be open. I believe in a policy of openness, and have worked to defend it. These scientific interactions also serve our national security. To do science in the United States today, we cooperate with scientists from nations all over the world, many of whom are working at American universities.