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Clock ticks down on a deadly chemical stockpile

latimes.com
Aug. 23, 2009
Efforts have been stepped up at the Blue Grass Army Depot to wipe out the last of the U.S. chemical weapons' stockpile. But disposal isn't expected to be completed until 2021, well past deadlines. Behind armed guards in bulletproof booths deep in the Kentucky woods, workers have begun pouring the...
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