In the discussion of the relationship between ratification of the new START treaty and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s budget for maintaining our nuclear weapons stockpile, an oft heard war cry in favor of ratification is that the Obama Administration’s budget is one that former NNSA Administrator, Ambassador Linton Brooks “would have killed for.”

In fact, Ambassador Brooks recently reiterated this statement saying, “But these budgets include significant increases over the budgets that I worked with.  I’ve said publicly that I would have killed for these budgets.”  Without implying that there is anything untoward in the Ambassador’s closet, has anyone done any fact checking of this statement?

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