House Democrats urge Obama to rein in nuclear modernization plans

By Tony Bertuca / July 27, 2016 at 5:24 PM
Five House Democrats, citing ongoing fiscal constraints and concerns about nuclear war, have sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to "reshape" his current plan to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal. "Your administration has . . . proposed an overhaul of the entire nuclear weapons enterprise over the next three decades," the July 20 letter states. "We are concerned that this plan increases nuclear weapons production capacity, could add new military nuclear capabilities and is divorced from...

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