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March 13, 2009

Spending Bill Moves US Toward Cluster Ban
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The spending bill also includes a provision that will move the US toward
a ban on cluster bombs. Under new rules, US military weapons must now
have a self-destruct failure rate of less than one percent, a standard
few cluster bombs can achieve.



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