[The Real J Fate]

argued that even studying the potential for such a new nuclear weapon undermines Washington's attempts to limit other countries from developing their own nuclear arsenals.

Well sure! Because after all we are the moral and political equivalent of Syria, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran etc. I hope it was only Dems that voted to defund this program.

[Joe Miner]

I hope it was only Dems that voted to defund this program.

Last year, at the insistence of Rep. David L. Hobson (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on energy and water, Congress cut all money for the program.