Scholars urge Obama to use Hiroshima visit vs nukes

A head of US President Barack Obama’s historic visit Friday to Hiroshima, a group of more than 70 prominent scholars and activists have joined a growing chorus calling for the American leader to do more in the final months of his term to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

In a statement issued Monday, the group — which includes such luminaries as Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg and Herbert Bix — praised Obama for his plan to visit the atom-bombed city but urged him to follow through on his 2009 speech in Prague.