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McCain Breaks With Bush On Need For Earth-Penetrating Nuke

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz In a break with the Bush administration, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he would kill the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator missile--"a weapon that does not make strategic or political sense"--and he called for establishment of an international spent fuel nuclear repository that he suggested might eliminate the need for the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada. McCain (Ariz.), the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, also proposed new steps to help curb proliferation of weapons-sensitive nuclear technology and said he…

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