In an online forum this week, Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) vowed to use his appropriations gavel to keep the Air Force's next-generation nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile "on track," while a former senior pentagon official said congressional support for the program was broad but not deep. Tester delivered recorded remarks to an audience of just under 100 people during an online event hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based non-government group, the Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance. Chair of Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee in the 117th Senate, the Senator has acknowledged there will be a debate about the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile program during the 2022 federal appropriations process.
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