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House Dems Authorize Requested Funding for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

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House Dems Authorize Requested Funding for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency

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After a truncated hearing season filled with furrowed brows, skepticism and hawkish posturing about leftover appropriations unspent, the House Armed Services Committee is authorizing even more funding than the National Nuclear Security Administration requested for fiscal year 2021 — and they’re not even cutting a submarine from the Navy to do it. Committee staff made the stunning disclosures in a briefing Thursday with members of the Capitol Hill press corps. As part of its version of the 2021 National Defense…

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