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‘Some People’ in DoE Want to Shield NNSA Budget Negotiations From Pentagon, Inhofe Says

‘Some People’ in DoE Want to Shield NNSA Budget Negotiations From Pentagon, Inhofe Says
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee

The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee used a Thursday nomination hearing to spotlight his opposition to House legislation that would made it harder for the Department of Energy to collaborate with the Pentagon on future nuclear-weapons budget requests — something, he believed, that “some people ... in the Department of Energy” would like. From the dais, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) blasted these unidentified officials for embracing the policies advanced by the House — policies Inhofe said would prevent…

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