
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Lisa Gordon-Hagerty to be the full-time administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).President Donald Trump nominated Gordon-Hagerty, a current government consultant and former civil servant, on Dec. 19. If confirmed by the full Senate, she would be the first woman and the fifth person to lead the semiautonomous Department of Energy branch in its 18-year existence.The Senate had not scheduled a vote on Gordon-Hagerty’s confirmation at deadline Tuesday for Weapons…