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On the recordFebruary 8, 2012
the President also committed to modernization of the nuclear weapons complex. That commitment has been undercut in the fiscal year 2013 budget request which seriously underfunds the weapons complex modernization plan.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin discusses the underfunding of nuclear weapons modernization despite previous commitments.

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