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George W. Bush's Nuclear Addiction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

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George W. Bush might have kicked his alcohol and drug habits, but he still appears to have at least one serious addiction – to nuclear weapons.

Last year, Congress refused to fund the administration's ambitious proposal for new nuclear weapons, largely because both Republican and Democratic lawmakers agreed that the world would be a safer place with fewer – rather than more – nuclear explosives in existence.

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