Non-Proliferation

End to CTR Program After FY 2015 Directed in Defense Bill

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
12/5/2014
House and Senate authorizers are curtailing the Department of Defense’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program, withdrawing support for the program after Fiscal Year 2015, according to the compromise version of the…

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Wrap Up

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OST Squad Commander ‘Engaged in Unsuitable, Reportable Behaviors’

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Former Rep.: If U.S. Can’t Afford Modernization, ‘We’re in Big Trouble’

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FY 2015 Defense Auth. Bill Boosts MOX, Directs Continued Construction

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Work on Cruise Missile Warhead Accelerated in FY15 Defense Auth. Act

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NNSA Moving Forward With Reorganization of Office of Nonproliferation

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Former LANL Deputy Director Suspended from Gov’t Work

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Ash Carter Reportedly Tapped for Defense Secretary Nomination

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Sea-Based Deterrence Fund Authorized in Final FY 2015 Defense Bill

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DoD Strategy Nominee Voices Support for Nuclear Modernization

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After Acquisition and New Name, Security Firm Centerra Planning Expansion

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CBO Report Presents Options to Scale Back Modernization Plans

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GAO Highlights DOE/NNSA Cost Estimating Weaknesses

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At Los Alamos

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Malmstrom Missileer to Be Court-Martialed on Drug Charges

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At Prague Agenda Conference, U.S. Official Announces Partnership With NTI

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Air Force Completes Final EIS for Powder River Training Complex

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At Sandia

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At Oak Ridge

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