Before the House Armed Services Committee:
- Congressional investigators warned about the ballooning cost and missed deadlines plaguing the Army’s efforts to rid itself of 31,000 tons of chemical weapons. The Army has made little progress in the last six months and continues to fall further behind schedule to meet its deadline under an international treaty.
About 31,000 tons of lethal chemical agents were slated for destruction under the Army’s supervision, either through incineration or through chemical neutralization …read more