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Today, Bill Gertz at the Washington Times writes:

All 40 Republican senators and one independent wrote to President Obama on Wednesday reminding him that the current defense authorization law links modernization of the aging U.S. nuclear arsenal to further U.S.-Russian arms reductions.

The law applies to the not-yet-finished successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expired on Dec. 16.

The 41 senators - enough to block formal ratification of a new treaty, which requires 67 votes - stated in the letter that they agree with the defense legislation's language that says modernizing the aging U.S. nuclear stockpile is critical to further U.S.-Russian arms cuts.

"In fact, we don't believe further reductions can be in the national security interest of the U.S. in the absence of a significant program to modernize our nuclear deterrent," the senators stated.
A Republican Senate aide said the letter is intended to put the White House on notice that formal ratification of a new START accord must include specific plans and funding for upgrading U.S. nuclear weapons outlined in Section 1251 of the Democrat-drafted 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law by Mr. Obama on Oct. 28.

The problem? The Defense Authorization Bill only says that if you move the end of the sentence up one word.  The actual language from the bill reads says, “modernization of the nuclear weapons complex” and “modernizing the infrastructure.” The original language in the bill can be seen here (PDF) on page 394.

Jon Kyl and some neocons have been sounding alarm bells about the need for "modernizing" the nuclear arsenal for a while.  But modernization of nuclear weapons, simply means more, newer, nuclear weapons.  What the bill calls for in terms of midernization is for the nuclear complex and infrastructure, meaning better and newer labs, workforces, and facilities –not more weapons.  

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