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Annually, the U.S. government spends approximately $31 billion on maintaining strategic nuclear offensive forces — you know, the weapons that are capable of wiping out humanity. These numbers don’t take into account the amount spent on additional nuclear weapons-related programs, the cost of keeping these dangerous weapons out of the hands of terrorists, cleaning up…

Christine Garcia

Aug 2, 2012

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