
The Senate’s top nuclear-weapons authorizer pumped Air Force Gen. John Hyten during a Tuesday confirmation hearing for ammunition to use in upcoming conference negotiations with House Democrats, who want to scale back the ongoing modernization and maintenance of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. President Trump in April nominated Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command since 2016, to be the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The general in charge of U.S. nuclear forces spent much of the hearing answering…