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Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons

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"… atly slowed, while the Defense Department and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration study alternative ways to safeguard tons of the excess plutonium. Secreta …"

"… To cover the $10 billion total cost overrun, the Energy Department and its National Nuclear Security Administration agreed to transfer roughly $3 billion into weapons work from management ac …"