Nuclear Weapons Chief Fired After Security Breaches At Several Facilities...

Associated Press H.JOSEF HEBERT January 4, 2007 09:09 PM

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Thursday dismissed the chief of the country's nuclear weapons program because of security breakdowns at Los Alamos National Laboratory and other facilities.

Linton Brooks said he would leave in two to three weeks as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, a post he held since July 2002.

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