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gaius
on June 2, 2012
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Barack Obama Directs All Federal Agencies to Have ...
Not really. No appointed official woke up one morning and thought "let's make an atom bomb". A bunch of scientists came to the govt and said, "we can make an atom bomb, we just need the funding".
jefftk
on June 2, 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project#Origins
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