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Levin: Congress Likely To OK Nuke Mod

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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford A senior lawmaker said yesterday he expects the Pentagon to garner support from Congress this year to modernize the nation's nuclear weapons and emphasized the current proposal differs from President George W. Bush's thwarted warhead-upgrade plan. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said Defense Secretary Robert Gates "is right to be optimistic" that lawmakers will approve the Obama administration's proposal for improving the nuclear stockpile. That's because, Levin said, "there's no replacement warhead involved, quite…

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