President Barack Obama said while addressing the leaders at the 47-country Nuclear Security Summit Tuesday the risk of nuclear attack — not by an enemy nation, but from terrorists — was on the rise despite the end of the Cold War.

Obama described the new nuclear reality as a “cruel irony of history.” He called the conference with the goal of locking down all nuclear materials worldwide in four years.

“The risk of a nuclear attack has gone up,” Obama said, terrorist organizations like the al-Qaida can try to get their hands on nuclear materials.

People are starting to say the summit is going to be a success as China’s agreement to work with the U.S is a major step. China indicated for the first time that it might back new U.N. sanctions against Iran.

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