Senate Armed Services to Quiz DoE, DoD Officials in ‘Paper Hearing’ on Nukes

摘要

The Senate Armed Services Committee is initiating a public exchange of letters with seniorTrump administration officials regarding the Department of Energy’s fiscal 2021 nuclearweaponbudget request.It is one of the committee’s so-called “paper hearings,” invented to prevent public gatheringsduring the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This session, which includes leadership from DoE andthe Pentagon, is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.