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The House Appropriations subcommittee that approves funding of the weapons complex, run by the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), just whacked almost $500 million from the weapons program.

House panel whacks funding for nuclear complex, Washington Post, 18 June 11 By Walter Pincus  Remember the ones demanded by Republican senators as the price for passage of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) last December? Back then, senators succeeded in getting the Obama administration to pledge to spend billions more to upgrade the U.S. nuclear weapons complex and modernize the country’s stockpile of deployed weapons.

Problem is, members of the House weren’t involved in the discussions.

Now, led by Republicans, lawmakers are cutting into the funds that the Obama administration had pledged for upgrades and modernization.

The House Appropriations subcommittee that approves funding of the weapons complex, run by the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), just whacked almost $500 million from the weapons program. A slice of $100 million came out of a $200 million pot that is supposed to finance early steps in the coming year to build a new facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory….. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/house-panel-whacks-funding-for-nuclear-complex/2011/06/15/AGPrLAXH_blog.html