Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Dem. House Lawmaker: OCO Could Help U.S. Avert ‘Disaster’ for Nuclear Enterprise

By Photo of Todd Jacobson

Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
4/17/2015
The Fiscal Year 2016 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account could help the U.S. avert the “disaster” that sequestration would visit upon the Nuclear Enterprise, but the emergency war fund cloaks the…

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U.S. Working with NATO to Bring Russia Back into INF Compliance

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Ohio Replacement Could Cause $154B Navy Shortfall Over Next 19 Years

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NNSA Defers Decision on Severing Tritium Work From SRNS Contract Until 2016

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House Appropriators Trim $134 Million From NNSA Weapons Budget for FY 2016

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LRSB Loss Could Have Domino Effect across Company’s Different Business Segments

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Kendall: DoD Can’t Afford to Modernize Triad

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LANL Preparing Contingency Guard Force as Pro Force Bargaining Talks Stall

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American Centrifuge Could Get $50 Million in Reprogramming Under House Bill

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Senate Lawmakers Push NNSA to Maintain Scientific Balance at Laboratories

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Pantex Union Workers Eyeing Possible Strike

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SSP to Contract with Lockheed for Trident Navigation Subsystem Support

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NYT Editorial Board: Putin’s Nuclear Threats ‘Set a New Benchmark’ for East-West Hostility

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NRC Kicks Off Special Investigation at NFS After Incident

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At Oak Ridge

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At Livermore

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