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Panel Raps DoD Nuclear Oversight, Commends Navy

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Friday, January 9th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Nuclear oversight has eroded at all levels of the Defense Department, but the Navy mission has not suffered from the same difficulties found in the Air Force, according to a commission examining U.S. nuclear weapons oversight. The Task Force on DoD Nuclear Weapons Management has recommended that an assistant secretary position responsible for coordinating the nuclear management be established in the Pentagon. The Pentagon should also give the Joint Chiefs of Staff a greater authority in nuclear…

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