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Nuclear Modernization

Hruby Nominated to Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency

Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

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Hruby Nominated to Civilian Nuclear Weapons Agency

President Joe Biden will nominate Jill Hruby, former director of the Sandia National Laboratories, to lead the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, the White House said Wednesday. Hruby led Sandia for about two years during the Obama administration, from mid-2015 to mid-2017. Since then, she has worked as an independent consultant, logging time on federal advisory boards such as the Defense Programs Advisory Board, and nonprofits including the Washington, D.C.-based Nuclear Threat Initiative. Hruby spent more than 30…

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