Nonproliferation Hearing Nixed

Looks like that Joint Strike Fighter hearing isn't the only one that won't happen this week. An email from Senate Armed Services Committee spokeswoman Tara Andringa issued this afternoon states that an emerging threats subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2013 Defense and Energy department proliferation prevention programs, scheduled for tomorrow, has been canceled "and will be rescheduled later."

Among the witnesses for the now-canceled hearing were Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Director Kenneth Myers and National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington.

A couple of related hearings did take place last week, though:

Senate 4/18/2012 Hearing On NNSA's Nuclear Weapons Lab Management

On April 18, 2012, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's management of the country's nuclear weapons labs. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the prepared testimony of Charles McMillan, head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory; Paul Hommert, head of the Sandia National Laboratories; Penrose Albright, head of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Charles Shank and Kumar Patel, co-chairs of the "Committee to Review the Quality of the Management and of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy's National Security Laboratories-Phase 1."

House 4/17/2012 Hearing On FY-13 Atomic Defense Activities

On April 17, 2012, the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on the Pentagon's fiscal year 2013 budget request for atomic energy defense activities and nuclear forces programs. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the opening statement of subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH). Also includes the prepared testimony of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon; U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler; National Nuclear Security Administration chief Thomas D'Agostino; David Huizenga, Energy Department senior adviser for environmental management; and Peter Winokur, chairman of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.