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Nuclear Modernization

CBO Estimate On Costs Of Arms Buildup Makes Case For Extending Nuke Treaty, Say Dem Lawmakers

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

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CBO Estimate On Costs Of Arms Buildup Makes Case For Extending Nuke Treaty, Say Dem Lawmakers

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

After the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that withdrawing from the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty could potentially result in an arms buildup that costs the U.S. anywhere between $100 million and several hundred billion dollars, the Democratic lawmakers who ordered up the report urged President Donald Trump to renew the treaty. “The Trump administration’s unwillingness to continue the decades of strategic arms control by failing to extend the New START Treaty is driving the United States toward a…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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