
Plutonium pits and command and control are the top nuclear priorities for Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) in the next federal budget cycle, the head of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday. The Biden administration has yet to roll out its fiscal year 2022 budget proposal, blaming the hold-up on an allegedly intractable Trump administration’s refusal to brief the Biden transmission team early and often, but has reportedly proposed flat defense spending. Smith, who spoke publicly on a webcast hosted…