U.S.to defer destroying chemical weapons for 5 years

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U.S.to defer destroying chemical weapons for 5 years
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Big News Network.com Thursday 13th January, 2005

The construction of two plants to neutralize the U.S. stockpile of chemical weapons will be delayed by five years, USA today reported Wednesday.

Documents dated Dec. 21, 2004, obtained by the newspaper indicate Pentagon budgetary concerns delayed the construction of the plants in Pueblo, Colo., and Blue Grass, Ky., until 2011, five years behind schedule.

Officials have acknowledged storing the aging weapons raises risks of terrorists stealing or detonating them at a storage site, and over time, odds rise of a leak.

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After Bush is gone!!!

Our health and well-being is paramount, after all.

so we've got to make up the deficit here!