Congress OKs $274 billion defense budget - 2.4% off Bush request

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The US Congress consented on the $274.3 billion national defense bill which is $ 6.7 billion, or 2.4% less than the Bush administration's request. The defense authorization bill cancels the 1996 mission for the development of an initial limited missile defense system, provides funds for the manufacture of the last four B-2 'Stealth' bombers and sanctions $1.5 billion for defense expenditure. The act also provides $300 million for space-based interceptors, including ' brilliant pebbles,' and authorizes a new Theater Missile Defense Initiative (TMDI) under the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO).

Laws, regulations and rules, Defense spending

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Ambassador Robert L. Galucci: redirecting the Soviet weapons establishment

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Ambassador Robert L. Galucci stated that the current status of thousands of scientists who worked on the nuclear weapons programs of the former USSR is of primary concern to the US. The economic situation in Russia makes it attractive for these individuals to provide their expertise to developing nations bent on acquiring their own nuclear weapons. Galucci cited the need to provide alternatives for these individuals so that a brain drain will be prevented. He said that several countries, including the US, have provided funds for such a purpose.

Interview, Galucci, Robert L.

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International center designed to limit 'brain drain.'

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The US, Russia and Germany met in Moscow on Feb 17, 1992 to discuss the creation of an International Science and Technology Center to arrest the growing emigration of former Soviet nuclear scientists to other countries. The institution will oversee civilian science and technological programs from its headquarters in Russia. Among the projects being envisioned for the agency are the destruction of nuclear warheads, nuclear waste disposal and basic physical research.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Germany, Training, Nuclear research, Brain drain

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