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HASC Chair Has Not Planned Hearing on Bill to Ban Low-Yield Warhead

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

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HASC Chair Has Not Planned Hearing on Bill to Ban Low-Yield Warhead

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The House Armed Services Committee so far does not plan a hearing on a Democrat-sponsored bill to ban development of a low-yield, submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead, the panel's chairman said Tuesday.In a press gaggle with Capitol Hill reporters, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the House would soon recess until the Nov. 6 midterm elections, when all members of the lower-chamber will defend their seats, and that Congress already debated the merits of a low-yield warhead this summer before passing the…

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