Kentucky and Indiana would get billions in new budget proposal

BY JAMES R. CARROLL- FEBRUARY 1, 2010

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WASHINGTON - Kentucky and Indiana would receive billions of dollars for public works, schools, college loans and emergency management agencies under the budget that President Barack Obama proposed Monday.

While plenty of specific projects would be funded - including nerve gas destruction at the Army depot near Richmond - the president's overall focus was on employment.
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Weapons disposal

The president proposed $511 million for disposing of chemical and biological weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County and another site in Colorado. Construction is well under way on a disposal site in Kentucky.

Craig Williams, executive director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group, a citizens' watchdog organization in Berea, praised the request for the chemical weapons projects.'

"The 2011 request is most welcome news as it reflects a commitment by the administration and (Defense) Secretary (Robert) Gates to follow through on their promises to fully fund the program," Williams said in an e-mail.

The depot plans to dispose of 523 tons of nerve and blister agents contained in projectiles and rockets.

The Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado is scheduled to get rid of 2,611 tons of mustard agent in weapons.

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