DOE Director for Policy Planning John Harvey said: “Anything’s possible” when asked about rumors the Administration might attempt to fund a series of controversial nuclear weapons programs out of the Defense budget in order to bypass opposition from the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and its Chairman, Representative David Hobson (R-OH).
For more information, see: Controversial Nuclear Programs Axed (23 November 2004); Hobson Smacks Back Bush Nuclear Initiatives (12 June 2004); CISAC Summer Symposium (12 August 2004); CISAC Smackdown! (30 August 2004)
Late Update: ACW Reader MN sent along a link to the panel transcript. I note that the question was asked by Stephen Young of UCS, who apparently knows something I don’t. You’re getting an e-mail in about ten minutes, buddy.