Senate Committee Restores Funds for Chemical Weapons Destruction at Pueblo Chemical Depot

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Friday to restore $147 million to the fiscal 2005 budget for an accelerated weapons destruction program at the U.S. Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot, the Pueblo Chieftain reported (see GSN, April 23).

“We have scored a major victory for the people of Pueblo and southern Colorado,” said Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.).

The Pentagon’s budget request for 2005 allocated less than $5 million for a Pueblo facility that would destroy 2,600 tons of weapons containing mustard agent. Local officials had expected more than $152 million to be allocated (Pueblo Chieftain, May 8).

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