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Amendment to Maintain Congressional Scrutiny of New Nuke Warhead Programs Narrowly Survives Kill Vote

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

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After a nail-biter of an amendment vote Wednesday, the Department of Energy may still have to seek congressional approval to start work on new nuclear warheads, if the Senate's version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act becomes law.However, the measure still would authorize $65 million for the department to start work in fiscal 2019 on the low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead the Trump administration called for in the Nuclear Posture Review it published in February.Debate on the Senate Armed Services…

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