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Allard Demands DOD Pledge on Pueblo CW Disposal Site
U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) said yesterday that he might delay Senate approval of a Defense Department official until he gets “straight answers” regarding the department’s commitment to build the planned Colorado chemical weapons neutralization facility (see GSN, April 20). Allard is scheduled to meet today with Ken Kreig, the Pentagon’s choice to replace Michael Wynne as defense undersecretary for acquisitions and logistics. Allard sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which conducted a hearing on Kreig’s nomination, the Associated Press reported. The appointment has not yet been scheduled for consideration by the full Senate. “I am not convinced this nomination should go forward until I get some straight answers from the department,” Allard said in a statement. “Specifically, I want to hear about his commitment to use neutralization technology to destroy the chemical weapons at Pueblo, and to not transporting the weapons to a different site for destruction.” The Pentagon has announced plans to release $370 million for preparation and construction of neutralization facilities at Pueblo and Blue Grass, Ky. Defense officials have set the allowable budget for Pueblo alone at $1.7 billion. “I … want assurances that the department will fully fund this project,” Allard said (Associated Press, April 27).
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