Budget & Policy

Weapons Program Increase, Flat Funding for Nonproliferation Expected in FY 2016 Budget Request

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
1/30/2015
The Obama Administration is set to ask for a significant Fiscal Year 2016 budget increase for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s weapons program and relatively flat funding for its nonproliferation account,…

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Air Force and Navy Chiefs Make Case to SASC for Nuclear Enterprise Funding

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Draft DOE IG Report Raises Problems With LANL Classification Officer

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LANL Director Emphasizes Balanced Approach as Lab Recovers from Difficult FY 2014

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Separate Air Force Nuclear Modernization Fund Gaining Traction?

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Long-Range Strike Caucus Meets to Rally Support for Bombers

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GOP Lawmakers Call for Nuclear Weapons in Eastern Europe

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ATK, Orbital Approve Merger and Share Distribution

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Oak Ridge Extends American Centrifuge Contract With Centrus Through September

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Malmstrom ICBM ‘Work Cages’ Become Operational

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At Oak Ridge

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