Obama wants $80 bln to upgrade nuclear arms complex

Obama wants $80 bln to upgrade nuclear arms complex 13 May 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama sent a landmark arms-reduction treaty with Russia to the Senate on Thursday for ratification and called for $80 billion in nuclear funding, which could help win opposition support. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the funds, which would be spent over a decade, were needed to "rebuild and sustain America's aging nuclear stockpile."