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Administration Seeks Repeal of Ban on Nuclear Weapon Research
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IN A MOVE likely to spark congressional debate, the Bush administration is seeking the repeal of a decade-long ban on research and development of nuclear weapons with a yield of five kilotons or less, according to fiscal year 2004 Department of Defense budget materials presented to Congress March 4.
The 1993 Spratt-Furse legislation, sponsored by Representative John Spratt (D-SC) and former Representative Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), prohibits studies on low-yield nuclear weapons at even the research level. In its appeal, the Pentagon claims that the law "has negatively affected U.S. government efforts to support the national strategy to counter [weapons of mass destruction (WMD)]." …
