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NNSA Downsizing Plan Hobbled By Lack of Warhead Strategy–GAO

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) effort to develop a consolidation plan for the Energy Department's nuclear weapons complex has been hobbled by the failure of the Defense Department and NNSA to set clear warhead requirements for the future, congressional auditors told a House panel Thursday. The testimony by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces Subcommittee also said that one contractor study had suggested that more aggressive downsizing of the…

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