http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/templates/Publications.asp?p=8&PublicationID=1492While President Bush proposed expanding Nunn-Lugar programs February 11, his recently released FY 2005 Federal Budget cuts these programs in the Department of Defense by ten percent ($409.2 million this year compared to $450.8 last year). Similarly, the budget for the Department of Energy's programs to secure Russian nuclear materials would decline from the current level of $259 million to $238 in the FY 2005 request, or an 8 percent reduction.By the way, I've noticed that many in the news are using the discussion over sanctions in Iran as an example of where Bush "won" a point, declaring that Bush was right when he said he didn't start the sanctions policy. While that's true, that wasn't Kerry's point. His point was that unilateral sanctions don't work, and the US needs to bring in other countries to really put pressure on Iran. Two different issues, though I'm not surprised the media missed the complexity there.