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NNSA Budget Needs Threatening Other Defense Programs, GAO Repeats

Monday, August 3rd, 2020

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NNSA Budget Needs Threatening Other Defense Programs, GAO Repeats

Workers at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., installing nuclear process equipment at the under-construction Uranium Processing Facility. Credit: Consolidated Nuclear Security

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office covered some old ground last week: the bigger budget the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) says it needs to keep planned programs and programs of record on track could eat other defense programs’ lunch. “Such an increase may require cuts in other national defense programs to keep the defense budget within spending limits,” the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated in the report published Thursday. The report is the product of five months of…

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