Ted Turner funds Nuclear Threat Initiative

WAP2001010802 - 08 JANUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Ted Turner (left), the founder of CNN and Vice-chairman of Time Warner, and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) listen as former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) announces the formation of the Nuclear Threat Initiative organization during at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 8, 2001. Sam Nunn and Ted Turner will serve as co-chairmen of the newly formed group. Turner also promises to fund the new group with $50 million per year for the next five years in an effort to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. bc/Bill Clark UPI