Michael Douglas met with top senators in Washington D.C. on Wednesday in a bid to make sure the next U.S. President and his advisers will be anti-nuclear. The actor met with Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, among others, to urge them to prevent the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as a director of the Ploughshares Fund organization, which is dedicated to making the world a safer place.

Douglas admits his meetings went well and he's hopeful that America will be doing what it can to trade in peace in the coming years.

He says, "We're trying to get advice... about the future of the elections coming up and what Ploughshares and other organizations can do to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. It's been very positive - we've got a very bi-partisan sense from the senate and from the congress and have hopes for the New Year (when a new President is elected)."

And Douglas believes the answer to lessening the world's nuclear threat lies in treaties that are set for renegotiation in the coming years.

He adds, "If these treaties come back and we can gain some trust with each other and dramatically reduce the number of nuclear weapons that are in the world today it will make the world a safer place."

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