This opinion piece underscores the importance of the House-Senate “conference committee” on the defense bill (National Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2020), where the fate of the unjustified Plutonium Bomb Plant (PBP) at Savannah River Site will be decided.
“How to Starve Trump’s Lust for Nukes” — The president can launch a missile, but he can’t buy one. Only Congress can.”
Politico, September 10, 2019
“Next week, Democrats in Congress will have a golden opportunity to take a strong and principled stand against President Trump’s dangerous moves to resurrect the nuclear arms race.”
linked here: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/10/donald-trump-nuclear-arms-race-228058
Republicans and Democrats alike should stand up for stronger national security, against a new nuclear arms race with Russia, and against the fiscal irresponsibility of provocative new nuclear weapons and new DOE nuclear bomb facilities (like “pit” production in the proposed Plutonium Bomb Plant).