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| Bush Orders Cuts in Nuclear Stockpile |
| 2007-12-19 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has approved ``a significant reduction'' in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War, the White House said Tuesday. At the same time, the Energy Department announced plans to consolidate the nuclear weapons complex that maintains warheads and dismantle those no longer needed, saying the current facilities need to be made more efficient and more easily secured and that the larger complex is no longer needed. ``We are reducing our nuclear weapons stockpile to the lowest level consistent with America's national security and our commitments to friends and allies,'' White House press secretary Dana Perino said. ``A credible deterrent remains an essential part of U.S. national security, and nuclear forces remain key to meeting emerging security challenges.'' |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 See also PRAVDA/OTHER > AMERICA PLANS TO RENEW AND REPLENISH ITS ARMY; + BUSH APPROVES ARMY REORGANIZATION PLAN. ARPLAN 2010? > increase in numbers by 74,000 soldiers in six new Combat Brigade Teams + eight supporting units, all needing 69,000 new Barracks spaces, 4100 family housing units, and 66 child care centers. PLans will broadly affect 304 Army installations + 308,000 soldiers directly or indirectly. Georgia, Colorado, Texas. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-19 21:22 |
| #5 No, the crop circles continue |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-12-19 17:59 |
| #4 Do these plans to consolidate nuclear weapons facilities preserve the redundancy that would be required in the event of war? Do these treaty agreements with the Russians cover biological strategic warheads? |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2007-12-19 12:16 |
| #3 Yay Bush! Now keep negotiating with the Russians for further reductions. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-12-19 10:15 |
| #2 ION, DIGG > THE KGB'S SECRET WEAPON - TELEKINESIS. Whatever happeeened to defeating the decadent Americanskis by using bikini-clad Commie babes??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-12-19 02:12 |
| #1 Its good enough for these dream world dwelling morons that we're getting rid of thousands of nukes, they won't let us build any new ones worth a damn either. Must not be built in Murthas district. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-12-19 01:25 |