It's called America's Leadership. It brags about how Obama worked with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) and "passed a law" to secure loose conventional weapons and nukes. The ad shows pictures of Obama at an abandoned chemical weapons stockpile in the Ukraine.
BO at town hall: We are a beacon of light around the world. At least that’s what we can be again. That’s what we should be again.
BO in interview: The single most important national security threat that we face…
BO VO:…is nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.
BO VO: What I did was reach out to Senator Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons.
BO in interview: We have to lead the entire world to reduce that threat.
BO at town hall: We can restore America’s leadership in the world.
BO VO: I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message.
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Marc Ambinder is an Atlantic contributing editor. He is also a senior contributor at Defense One, a contributing editor at GQ, and a regular contributor at The Week.