Chemical Weapons Program to Face Cuts (in disposal funds)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is planning to spend far less than advocates want on disposal of chemical weapons at Army depots in Kentucky and Colorado.

A government source, speaking Tuesday on the condition of anonymity, said the Pentagon would propose spending about $31 million annually on the disposal of chemical weapons at the Colorado and Kentucky sites over the next five years. Presumably, each site would get half that amount, the source said.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has pushed for the weapons destruction program, said Wednesday he is "concerned about reports of cuts" to the program.

"The Department of Defense has an obligation to the citizens of Kentucky to dispose of chemical agents at the Blue Grass Army Depot in a safe and expeditious manner, and I will continue to devote my energy to ensuring that it lives up to that obligation," McConnell, the Senate Republican whip, said in a statement. "The president's budget request is the first step in a long process."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-chemical-weapons,0,4025811.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[LynnTheDem]

1. Saddam Hussein did a much better job destroying his country's CW.

And the USA is HOW MANY years over their promise to destroy their own CW?

Remember; FREE societies and PEACEFUL societies don't have CWs. Right, bush?

[Neoma]

2. Duck & cover

http://movies02.archive.org/2/movies/DuckandC1951/DuckandC1951.mpg

[American Tragedy]

3. Hell, they should invade us then.