Congress readies for battle over nuclear policy
By Rebecca Kheel - 05/12/19 08:00 AM EDT
Congress readies for battle over nuclear policy
A key annual defense bill is poised to serve as a battleground over President Trump’s nuclear weapons policy.
On issues ranging from the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal to whether to leave open the possibility of launching a nuclear first strike, leading Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate have been meticulously laying out their cases. Those debates will come to a head soon, as the Senate Armed Services Committee begins to consider its version of the defense policy bill in two weeks.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/443197-congress-readies-for-battle-over-nuclear-policy
