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Senate Armed Services to Quiz DoE, DoD Officials in ‘Paper Hearing’ on Nukes

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Senate Armed Services to Quiz DoE, DoD Officials in ‘Paper Hearing’ on Nukes
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) speak before the confirmation hearing for David Norquist to be deputy secretary of defense, July 24, 2019. (Photo: DoD by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Senate Armed Services Committee is initiating a public exchange of letters with senior Trump administration officials regarding the Department of Energy’s fiscal 2021 nuclear-weapon budget request. It is one of the committee’s so-called “paper hearings,” invented to prevent public gatherings during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This session, which includes leadership from DoE and the Pentagon, is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The panel will at that time post opening statements from its leadership and witnesses online. At the same time,…

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