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CongressAI Commission Urges Congress To Retain Key Recommendations In Final Version Of NDAA
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is urging Congress to retain provisions in the final version of the next defense policy bill to establish a new committee with […]
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CongressHouse Bill With Requested Funds for B61-12 Would ‘Impair’ Delivery of B61-12, Senior Pentagon Official Says
A House-passed 2021 spending bill, which would provide the $816 million the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested for its B61-12 life-extension program, would “impair” the government’s ability to deliver […]
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White House Sends Congress List Of Items It Wants Out Of FY ‘21 NDAA, Including Base Renaming
The White House has sent Congress a list of provisions it does not want in the final version of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy, including the renaming of bases […]
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CongressDoE Nuke Chief Slated for SASC Hearing Thursday With DoD, STRATCOM Heavyweights
The Senate Armed Services Committee is calling in the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and the undersecretary of defense in charge […]
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CongressSenate Committee Advances Nominee for Nuke Council Staff Director Job
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved retired Army Maj. Gen. Lucas Polakowski to be assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs, and staff director of the […]
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Thornberry Says NDAA Conference Likely Delayed Until After Election
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said Tuesday the final, conferenced version of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization likely won’t be completed until after the […]
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CongressCBO Projects Defense Costs To Rise In Decade Following 2025
The Pentagon’s spending plans are relatively flat adjusted for inflation for remainder of its five-year budget program that begins in fiscal year 2021 but in the decade leading to 2025 […]
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CongressGOP’s New Coronavirus Relief Bill No Longer Includes Billions For Defense
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced Republican’s new slimmed-down coronavirus relief package, which no longer contains billions of dollars for defense spending including in an earlier version. […]
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CongressWhite House Requests Exemptions In Likely CR For Columbia Subs, W93 Development, Space Force Funds
The White House’s request to Congress for exemptions to be included in a likely stopgap spending measure covers procurement of two Columbia-class submarines, development of the W93 submarine-launched nuclear warhead […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Committee Voting on Bill This Week to Give Energy Secretary More Authority Over Nukes
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will consider a bill this week that would tighten the secretary of energy’s control over the National Nuclear Security Administration. H.R. 8159, the ‘‘Department […]