US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
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Some federal workers who oversee nuclear weapons laid off, asked to return
Some National Nuclear Security Administration employees have been asked to return to their posts after being laid off by the Trump administration. Scott Roecker, the vice president of the Nuclear ...
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Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this important hearing on the Department of Energy’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative to combat nuclear and radiological terrorism.
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Nuclear EMP attack: How US, Americans can prepare for ‘very real threat,’ expert says
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US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
Scott Roecker of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, said many of the NNSA's probationary employees were likely hired specifically for the arsenal modernization effort. Roecker, who led nuclear threat ...
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US nuclear weapons agency hit by layoffs after DOGE exemption denied
A former top nuclear official, Scott Roecker of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, said many of the NNSA's probationary employees were likely hired specifically for the arsenal modernization effort.