SASC Strategic Forces Panel to Hold Nuclear Policy Hearing March 4

The Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee will hold a hearing on U.S. nuclear weapons policy March 4 with testimony from senior officials from across the weapons complex. National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz will join Strategic Command chief Adm. Cecil Haney, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Brian McKeon, Deputy Director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Strategic Stability, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate and Nuclear Weapons Council Chairman Frank Kendall, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. The hearing will help the panel shape its version of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. It will be held in Room 222 of the Russell Senate Office Building at 3:30 p.m.