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NNSA Funded Until Oct. 10, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says

Sarah Salem

Monday, October 6th, 2025

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NNSA Funded Until Oct. 10, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Photo: Department of Energy

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will move into “emergency shutdown procedures” this week if the government does not reopen, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said last week on Fox News. “We have about eight more days of funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration,” Wright said in an Oct. 2 interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham. “Eight more days and then we have to go into some emergency shutdown procedures, putting our country at risk.” On Friday, Oct. 3,…

Unmanned Systems

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Pentagon

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Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

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Congress

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