Jim Cooper: “I hope my colleagues will pay attention to the general's comments because this is an annual issue in the defense…”

I should remind you that President Trump, I think, did very little if anything to help with the third missile site while he was President.

I request the witnesses keep their opening remarks to no more than 5 minutes, and that members respect the same time limit for their questioning.

This hearing will come to order. I would like to begin by thanking our distinguished panel of witnesses.

NNSA is undertaking a strategic review of the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation's mission, organization, scope of efforts, and integration with other parts of NNSA, among other things.