Some Nuke Arms Cut in Congressional Talks

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031105/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending_2

WASHINGTON - House and Senate bargainers agreed Wednesday to halve President Bush (news - web sites)'s request for studying "bunker buster" nuclear warheads and make other cuts in research into a new generation of nuclear weapons.


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The bill would provide all $6 million Bush proposed for research into "mini-nukes" of less than 5,000 tons of TNT, or one-fourth the explosive power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. But $4 million of that amount would be provided only after the administration submits a report on the status of the country's nuclear weapons stockpile.


The lawmakers agreed to provide enough money to shorten the current three-year lead time needed to resume underground testing of nuclear weapons to two years, not the 18 months the administration requested.

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[UnapologeticLiberal]

1. Nice!

I find it incredible that we are even thinking about spending more money on nuclear weapons, but half is better than all. I was actually surprised that most Democrats stuck together opposing this funding when it was being voted on in the senate a few months ago...I expected the funding to pass overwhelmingly but it didn't.