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Senate Dems Introduce Amendment to Strip Low-Yield Warhead From NDAA

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Senate Dems Introduce Amendment to Strip Low-Yield Warhead From NDAA
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A group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants to strip funding for a new low-yield nuclear warhead out of the Senate’s 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and use the money to develop a plan to help verify North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, should that ever happen.Markey introduced his amendment to the defense policy bill on the Senate floor Tuesday. The upper chamber has started debate on the NDAA but took no votes Tuesday — coincidentally, the…

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