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NNSA Lacks Cost Data On Weapons Complex–GAO

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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

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By George Lobsenz In findings that could complicate an already sensitive congressional debate on nuclear weapons spending, congressional auditors said yesterday that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) cannot say how much it spends to operate and maintain the Energy Department's nuclear weapons complex, and that the lack of data undermines its ability to justify the $4.25 billion budget hike that President Obama has proposed giving the semi-autonomous DoE agency through fiscal year 2015. In a report done for the…

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