The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), will hold a hearing on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. in 2118 Rayburn House Office Building on the “President Obama’s Nuclear Deterrent Modernization Plans and Budgets: The Military.”

Chairman Rogers said: “Over the course of this Administration, President Obama and Congress have forged a broad, bipartisan consensus on the direction of U.S. nuclear deterrence policy and posture—and that nuclear deterrence is the military’s “highest priority mission.” The Administration’s policies, based on military advice, have been remarkably consistent from the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review, the President’s commitments during the New START treaty ratification, the 2013 nuclear employment guidance review, and six years of budget requests, and have formed the basis of a remarkable and unexpected consensus. If anything, recent events with Russia and China, and their increasing belligerence and military capability development, have shown that our nuclear forces are more relevant in this less stable world.

“With the small, but vocal nuclear disarmament echo chamber encouraging the President to renege on these commitments and upend this consensus, we will hear from senior military officers and Obama Administration officials regarding the military requirements and threat environment driving this nuclear modernization plan.”

WHAT: HASC Strategic Forces Subcommittee Hearing: “President Obama’s Nuclear Deterrent Modernization Plans and Budgets: The Military”

WHEN: Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

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