The Washington Post is reporting the Obama administration is offering to spend more than $4 billion on the nuclear complex to advance an arms reduction treaty with Russia. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, calls for the United States and Russia to cut their deployed arsenals to 1,550 nuclear warheads and 700 missile silos and bombers each. Republicans have stalled the proposal in a bid to seek more nuclear funding. The $4 billion would come on top of the $10 billion the administration has already offered to upgrade nuclear facilities over the next decade.
Admin Pledges $4B in Nuke Spending for START
HeadlineNov 15, 2010