As part of a record $3.8 trillion budget proposal, the Obama Administration is asking Congress to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal by more than $7 billion over the next five years. Jay Coghlan [2], director of the Ploughshares-funded Nuclear Watch of New Mexico [3], talks with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now [4] about what the proposed funding increases mean for President Obama's pledge to cut the U.S. nuclear arsenal and seek a nuclear weapon-free world. The proposal includes large funding increases for a new plutonium production facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Watch the interview below:
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[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/1514
[2] http://www.ploughshares.org/expert/63
[3] http://www.nukewatch.org/
[4] http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/2/despite_non_proliferation_pledge_obama_budget