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Smolen Steps In As Defense Programs Chief At NNSA

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Thursday, November 29th, 2007

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Robert Smolen, a former Air Force officer and top arms control official at the White House National Security Council, Wednesday was sworn in as deputy administrator for defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration, the semi-autonomous weapons agency in the Energy Department. Smolen steps into the key position as the agency, known as NNSA, faces major questions on Capitol Hill about its plan to consolidate DOE's nuclear weapons complex and build its proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead. Congressional Democrats, in…

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