NOTION OF FOLDING NNSA INTO DOD FACES RESISTANCE ON CAPITOL HILL

/ February 12, 2009 at 5:00 AM
A push by the White House to explore folding the National Nuclear Security Administration into the Defense Department is garnering little support on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers worry the move could damage ongoing efforts in the nuclear enterprise, according to sources and documents. In a Jan. 29 memo from the Office of Management and Budget to NNSA that was first reported by newspapers in New Mexico, OMB chief Peter Orszag requested a study of the costs and benefits of...

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