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McConnell, Military Mark Start of Chemical Weapons Removal

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Deadly chemical weapons held for decades in central Kentucky will soon be sent to "the ash heap of history," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday at a gathering of political and military leaders near the facility where they are to be methodically destroyed. The gathering marked a ceremonial beginning of the process to eliminate more than 500 tons (453.6 metric tons) of mustard gas, sarin or VX agent stored at an Army depot near Richmond, some since the 1940s. A...

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