A handful of lawmakers are pushing back against the Pentagon's plans to realign the long-standing Office of Net Assessment under the undersecretary of defense for policy, proposing a bill to keep the office right where it is as independent and reporting directly to the defense secretary. “The purpose of this bill is to leave it where it has been for 40 years,” Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Friday about ONA. “I believe…
