DOD to take over control of nuclear infrastructure?

*UPDATE: The New York Times published a good article on this question as well* Based on an internal memo they gained access to, the Albuquerque Journal (AP story located here) reported that President Obama is toying with the notion of putting the nuclear weapons complex under the control of DoD, as opposed to the Department of Energy where it currently resides.  While the idea would not materialize until at least 2011, this idea will likely spark a very contentious debate.  Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Jeff Bingaman has already said he will, "fight it tooth and nail if they intend to proceed with it." Hailing from New Mexico, that statement likely has to do with the 20,000 civilian jobs current at Los Alamos and Sandia.  Former Sandia president C. Paul Robinson was frank in his remarks that the NNSA has not worked and that military control could provide "a continuity that has been lacking." The study due out at the end of the year on the costs and benefits of the strategy will likely play a large role in determining the viability of this proposal.  Given the harsh criticism from the Schlesinger Task Force I and II reports on the military's handling and focus on the actual nuclear weapons, that may raise doubts in the debates on this issue about the ability of the military to effectively run the nuclear complex.  At the same time, if the NNSA hasn't worked it may be worth giving the military a chance.  The move also represents a fundamental shift in a sort of "check and balance" of civilian control of the the gravest military weapon.