Article: Hazel O'Leary does us a favor by declassifying data.(Commentary)(Editorials)(Letters)

Former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger recently testified that he strongly supports transferring responsibility for nuclear weapons research, development, testing, dismantlement and cleanup from the Department of Energy (DOE) to the Department of Defense because of his "very considerable concern" over the "unilateral and wholesale declassifying of vital nuclear information by the current secretary" ("GOP senators resist bid to unplug Energy," Nation, Sept. 5).

For the record, since December 1993, Energy Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary, with the cooperation and approval of the Defense Department (which by law maintains joint responsibility for the ...

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