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Nuclear Modernization

Cyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

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Cyber, Nukes, OCO are Big Boogeymen in Defense Budget, HAC-D Chair Says

Nuclear weapons are one of a trilogy of high-spend programs likely to affect defense spending decisions for years, the chair of a House Appropriations panel said Tuesday in an online hearing. “Cyber security, nuclear modernization and overseas contingency operations funding sound like they’re three unrelated topics,” Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), chair of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said in the hearing. “[T]he common thread that unites them is the significant impact they all have had on our bill the last…

Congress

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Army

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