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Death Star Amendment

The internet is abuzz with the White House’s official, very amusing response to the online petitionto build a Death Star (This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For).

(I will admit that I got a little silly myself on Twitter: 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)

Even before the White House responded, there was a very amusing little gem making the rounds.  Some genius staffer on the House side create this magnificent amendment to the FY2013 NDAA and then properly formatted it.  Here is the full text (or click on the first page.)

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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