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Biden’s $20B Civil Nuke Budget Whacks Weapons, Compared With Trump Forecast

Friday, May 28th, 2021

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Biden’s $20B Civil Nuke Budget Whacks Weapons, Compared With Trump Forecast

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As part of a roughly $20 billion 2022 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Biden administration last Friday sought about 12 percent less for civilian nuclear weapons programs than the former Trump administration forecast would be necessary for the coming fiscal year. Overall, the 2022 spending request for the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency for the budget year that begins October 1 is about flat with the final projection the Trump administration made in 2021, according to…

Army

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Army

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