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Nuclear Modernization

Garamendi Highlights Upcoming July 24 Hearing on Nuclear Weapon Cost Overruns

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

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Garamendi Highlights Upcoming July 24 Hearing on Nuclear Weapon Cost Overruns

Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters outside the Capitol on June 4.

Overturning the nuclear triad concept and reducing funding significantly for the U.S. Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber and Sentinel next-generation ICBM is an unlikely proposition in Congress, yet Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), the co-chairs of the congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, pledged on June 4 to continue oversight, including a working group hearing on cost overruns of nuclear modernization programs on July 24.…

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