Are you aware of whether the labs have embraced the recommendations of this report?
Dr. Miller, how do you envision NIF and Sandia's Z machine working together under the stockpile program?
Will this plan be implemented in the B61 LEP?
Will that be endangered with the large nuclear weapons workload that you expect?
Where are the staff coming from and could they affect other areas of work for Department of Defense (DOD) customers?
Do you feel comfortable moving the technical details of these warheads to another laboratory?
I take it then that you feel no constraint in looking at any of these options?
There seems to be a lot of debate about refurbishment versus component replacement.
The NIF became operational in March 2009.
I am concerned that in the administration's section 1251 report (on funding), much of the planned funding increase for weapons activities do...
Dr. Miller, your testimony refers to advances in computing to millions of trillions floating point operations per second or Exascale--are yo...
Do you have certainty in the requirements for integrating this nuclear weapon to the F-35 at the present time?
I don't think there is any doubt in terms of how we answer that question. It has left Native American students behind.
That is really unacceptable. If you have made the conclusion that this person is not a good leader in one school, what makes you think they ...
Tribal education is crucial to sustain the culture and traditions of our Native peoples.
American Indian youth have to endure unacceptable disparities in services and outcomes.
This is the first hearing and the opening hearing to lead us to work on this education issue in a more focused way.
I agree with Chairman Dorgan that if you really put your mind to it, you are going to get everything done that you want to do in your dreams...