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Progressive Lawmakers Call On Biden To Pause GBSD Program, Cancel Low-Yield Nuke

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Progressive Lawmakers Call On Biden To Pause GBSD Program, Cancel Low-Yield Nuke
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Progressive lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) are urging President Biden to scale back nuclear modernization efforts, including pausing development of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program and canceling the new low-yield nuclear warhead effort. In a letter sent Tuesday to Biden, Markey and Khanna raise concerns on the “unsustainable rate of spending” on nuclear modernization and ask for the upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget request and subsequent policy reviews to include several actions to…

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