Bodman Declines Offer to Recommend Changes in Law that Created NNSA

By Daniel Wasserbly / February 2, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman this week declined an invitation from lawmakers to offer recommendations for changing legislation that created the National Nuclear Security Administration in 2000, which some on Capitol Hill believe blocks efforts to enhance security at nuclear weapons facilities nationwide. The nuclear weapons complex, however, could be better off if Congress removed certain provisions from the legislation that impede better management of NNSA programs, he told the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee at a Jan. 31 hearing...

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