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Article: IN DEFENSE BILL, HOUSE APPROVES REP. LANTOS INITIATIVE ON INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 12, 2007
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Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif. (12th CD), issued the following news release:
The defense spending bill passed by the House today by a vote of 370 to 49 includes ground-breaking provisions based on initiatives by Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons.
"This is a strong bill for our brave men and women in uniform, for America's friends and allies around the world, and our own security," Lantos said of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1585). "I am proud that the House has acted to create an international nuclear fuel bank, which will help make the world safer by promoting nuclear nonproliferation."
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