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Friends Committee on National Legislation
House Panel Denies Administration Funding for New Nuclear Warhead
June 1st, 2008
A key U.S. House committee early this morning rejected a Bush administration plan to develop a new nuclear weapon by denying a $33 million funding request for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) announced. Arms control experts believe the House Armed Services Committee's decision may have effectively blocked the program from ever moving forward. "It's almost over for RRW," said Devin Helfrich, a lobbyist for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, "the next administration will have a big decision to make: push the obsolete Bush agenda forward or recommit to serious nuclear disarmament." ...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-06-01)
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