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Key Dems Question Biden Defense Budget; Ship Fight Likely « Breaking Defense
USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires an SM-2 missile. WASHINGTON: The chairman of the House seapower subcommittee, Rep. Joe Courtney, fired a shot across the bow of the White House shipbuilding budget, questioning its proposed cuts to surface warships. An even more prominent Democrat, Senate Armed Services chairman Jack Reed, signaled loud and clear he plans …
Senate Kills NDAA Language To ‘Usurp’ Civilian Control Of Nuke Budget « Breaking Defense
B61-12 warhead, Sandia National Laboratory image WASHINGTON: A provision in the SASC’s 2021 defense policy bill that could have caused great friction between two powerful committees has been quashed. The provision would have handed DoD budgetary control of nuclear weapons development in the wake of strong opposition — including from Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette and …