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Nuclear Modernization

Senate Confirms White House Pick for Senior DoE Weapons Post

Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

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Senate Confirms White House Pick for Senior DoE Weapons Post

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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Charles Verdon as the deputy administrator for defense programs in the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.Verdon, most recently principal associate director at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Weapons and Complex Integration Directorate, got the thumbs-up nearly seven months after President Trump nominated him for the top National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons post.Department of Energy leadership had not formally sworn Verdon in to his new job at deadline Wednesday for Defense Daily. Once…

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