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House Armed Services Committee Shuffles Staff For 118th Congress

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023

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House Armed Services Committee Shuffles Staff For 118th Congress

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according to documents the committee published Wednesday. Christopher Vieson will be the top committee hand at Armed Services for the new Republican majority, according to a list of new and returning staffers posted online ahead of the committee’s committee’s organizational meeting, scheduled for Thursday. He was the Republican staff director in…

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