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Nuclear Modernization

SASC Chair Calls Continued Modernization, Arms Control Efforts ‘Excellent’ Plan for Nuke Policy

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

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SASC Chair Calls Continued Modernization, Arms Control Efforts ‘Excellent’ Plan for Nuke Policy

The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee praised as “excellent” the testimony of three former government officials who urged lawmakers Thursday to continue modernizing the entire nuclear triad and encourage President Trump to extend a key nuclear-arms treaty with Russia. In a full committee hearing, the former head of U.S. strategic command testified alongside the former number-two of the Obama administration’s National Nuclear Security Administration and a retired National Security Council official from the George W. Bush administration to…

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