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Gates: USAF ‘Moving In The Right Direction’ On Nuclear Overhaul, But Future of Arsenal ‘Bleak’

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By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday expressed confidence in Air Force plans to reorganize and strengthen its nuclear capabilities but said modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a whole should be an urgent priority for the next administration. "Let me first say very clearly that our weapons are safe, reliable, and secure," Gates told an audience at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. "The problem is the long-term prognosis--which I would characterize as bleak." The…

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