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SASC, HASC’s GOP Leaders Urge Biden Not To Cut Recently Approved Nuke Modernization Efforts

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

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SASC, HASC’s GOP Leaders Urge Biden Not To Cut Recently Approved Nuke Modernization Efforts

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, leads a press conference on Nov. 2 2021.

The top Republicans on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees urged the Biden administration on Thursday against cutting recently approved nuclear modernization efforts as part of its upcoming Nuclear Posture Review. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the ranking members on SASC and HASC, respectively, released the statement following a new Politico report that Biden is potentially considering ending programs approved or revived during the Trump administration, to include development of a nuclear sea-launched cruise missile…

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