An influential senator who sits on both the defense authorization and appropriations committees wants to expand the National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund to include the Pentagon's entire nuclear enterprise. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), who is the Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member and a member of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee, told Inside Defense March 2 he is hoping defense appropriators will include money in the fiscal year 2017 spending bill for the National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. "I am a...
