House lawmakers today pressed the chief of the National Nuclear Security Administration on the proposal to increase NNSA's funding by $3 billion in fiscal year 2021 when the agency already has $8 billion in unspent funds from previous years. NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty told the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee the FY-21 funding request followed a "requirements-based" approach to "resolve the decades-long neglect" of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. "We can execute at this level of funding," she said. "This...
