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STRATCOM Chief Designate Tells Senators DoE Pit Plan Has ‘Issues’

Friday, October 25th, 2019

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STRATCOM Chief Designate Tells Senators DoE Pit Plan Has ‘Issues’

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Only the most recent person to acknowledge them, Navy Vice Adm. Charles Richard, the Trump administration's nominee to lead U.S. Strategic Command, on Thursday told the Senate Armed Services Committee that there are “issues“ with the National Nuclear Security Administration's plan to produce 80 new nuclear weapon cores a year by 2030. “That requirement is sound,” Richard said, but “there are issues in terms of [the Department of Energy’s] ability to meet that, and I would pledge to look very…

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