Bush Administration neglects securing Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
One of the highest budget priorities for the US should be fully funding the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to secure and lock down all of Russia’s old nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, as Sally Ann Baynard notes, the Bush Administration is actually proposing a cut in the program for the next fiscal year. (*) If even one of Russia’s nukes were to be acquired by terrorists, the consequence would be horrific.
The Clinton Administration also neglected this program. We need to put aside partisan differences and get the job done. In this time of the Global War on Terror, we can’t afford the problem of loose nukes.