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January 5, 2010

Pentagon Resisting Obama’s Plan to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal
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The Los Angeles Times reports President Obama’s plan to begin phasing
out nuclear weapons has run up against powerful resistance from
officials in the Pentagon and other parts of the national security
establishment. In April, Obama laid out his vision of a nuclear-free
world in a speech in Prague. But nine months later, the administration
is locked in internal debate over a top-secret policy blueprint for
shrinking the US nuclear arsenal and reducing the role of such weapons
in America’s military strategy and foreign policy. The US currently
maintains an estimated 9,400 nuclear weapons.



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