Only a fool can't see that Obama is planning for big cuts to the NNSA
weapons labs. His nominee for the DoD, Chuck Hagel, is a member of Goal
Zero and has a dislike for all things nuclear. The New York Times
article below confirms suspicions of what's to come. :
Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms
By DAVID E. SANGER
NY Times: February 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to reinvigorate one of his signature national security objectives — drastically reducing nuclear arsenals around the world — after securing agreement in recent months with the United States military that the American nuclear force can be cut in size by roughly a third.
....But Mr. Obama is already moving quietly, officials acknowledge, to explore whether he can scale back a 10-year, $80 billion program to modernize the country’s weapons laboratories.
The White House agreed to the spending on the weapons labs as the price of winning Republican votes on the new Start three years ago, but one senior defense official said late last year that “the environment of looking for cuts in the national security budget makes this an obvious target.”
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/politics/ obama-to-renew-drive-for-cuts-in-nuclear -arms.html?_r=0
Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms
By DAVID E. SANGER
NY Times: February 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to reinvigorate one of his signature national security objectives — drastically reducing nuclear arsenals around the world — after securing agreement in recent months with the United States military that the American nuclear force can be cut in size by roughly a third.
....But Mr. Obama is already moving quietly, officials acknowledge, to explore whether he can scale back a 10-year, $80 billion program to modernize the country’s weapons laboratories.
The White House agreed to the spending on the weapons labs as the price of winning Republican votes on the new Start three years ago, but one senior defense official said late last year that “the environment of looking for cuts in the national security budget makes this an obvious target.”
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/politics/ obama-to-renew-drive-for-cuts-in-nuclear -arms.html?_r=0
Comments
Well with the new North Korea test I think it is time to slash some NNSA budgets. 405
February 12, 2013 at 7:05 AM
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Yeah we need an arms race with a backwards pariah state like we need a hole in the head. Take the money out of the labs and put that money into conventional weaponry, satellites, and drone technology.
February 12, 2013 at 1:18 PM
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Sense the difference in these Dem. Presidents?
February 15, 2013 at 11:41 AM
You are very naive. What NK wants to do with its capability is SELL IT. To the highest bidder, Al Quaida included. The recent test was the most latest episode of a very effective advertising campaign.
February 18, 2013 at 1:02 AM
So the misspelling invalidates his point? Pot, meet kettle.