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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue May 23, 2017, 09:16 PM May 2017

Trump proposes $120M cut to Hanford Nuclear Reservation budget despite incidents

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - President Donald Trump's proposed budget includes a cut of about $120 million for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, despite two recent incidents that raised concerned about worker safety at the former nuclear weapons production site.

Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons, and now is engaged in a massive environmental cleanup that costs more than $2 billion per year.

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington called the budget proposal, which must still clear Congress, a disappointment.

The federal government has a legal agreement with the state of Washington that sets deadlines for the complicated cleanup efforts.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/hanford/trump-proposes-120m-cut-to-hanford-budget-despite-incidents/442258919

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Trump proposes $120M cut to Hanford Nuclear Reservation budget despite incidents (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 OP
The red half of our state must be so proud of this RainCaster May 2017 #1
Exactement! Mme. Defarge May 2017 #2

RainCaster

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1. The red half of our state must be so proud of this
Tue May 23, 2017, 09:22 PM
May 2017

All my red red red neck GOP friends in Richland must be so truly happy that they will benefit from these cuts.

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