Jerry Brown in nation’s capital on an anti-nuclear mission aimed at the young

The Nuclear Security Summit is now underway in the nation’s capital, drawing a startling array of world leaders to address nuclear terrorism, international security and other grave matters.

But there’s an anti-nuclear summit on the same day as well. Also in town, and at a site not far from the main event: California Gov. Jerry Brown, poised to join forces with former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb and Bruce Blair, co-founder of the anti-nuke group Global Zero. Interestingly enough, Mr. Blair is a former Minuteman missile launch-control officer and support man for the old Strategic Air Command’s “Looking Glass” airborne command post.

The quartet will offer a forum to a young audience with a familiar message.

“They will discuss the growing risk of nuclear weapons use, the influential role of young people in eliminating that risk and the urgent need for a national debate on U.S. plans to spend $1 trillion on its bloated nuclear arsenal, including development of a new nuclear cruise missile,” advises a spokesman for event organizer Global Zero, which advocates for total worldwide nuclear disarmament.

“As with the most powerful social movements in history, young people are turning out around the world to fight this fight. And they’re backed by a powerful group of political leaders and security experts who understand that the only way to prevent nuclear terrorism is to eliminate all nuclear weapons,” says former CIA counter-proliferation operative Valerie Plame Wilson, who supports the cause.