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Warren Sends Letter to SASC Leaders Requesting Low-Yield Weapons Ban in Conference NDAA

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019

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Warren Sends Letter to SASC Leaders Requesting Low-Yield Weapons Ban in Conference NDAA

The NNSA's new mission logo for the W76-2 low-yield, submarine-launched, ballistic-missile warhead. Credit: NNSA

Senate Democrats -- led by a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Democratic presidential candidate -- are calling on committee leaders to adopt several House-passed measures that would ban low-yield missiles deployment and extend the new START Treaty during future conference sessions over the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter Aug. 20 to SASC Chair Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) requesting that they include…

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