
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a reliable vote against the nuclear-modernization status quo in the House Armed Services Committee, told disarmament advocates Monday that the Biden administration should pause development of the next U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile. It was one of two steps Garamendi said President Joe Biden should take as part of the administration’s nuclear posture review — a comprehensive plan for U.S. nuclear forces that, a Pentagon official said last week, will start “soon” and run into the fall.…