Federal Agency Handling US Nuclear Stockpile to Furlough 80 Percent of Staff Amid Government Shutdown

The federal agency responsible for maintaining the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile will furlough most of its workforce as the government shutdown drags on, according to the House Armed Services Committee. Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said on Oct. 17 that about 80 percent of the staff at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will be furloughed as the agency’s funding runs out due to the government shutdown. “We were just informed last night that the National Nuclear Security Administration, the group that handles and manages our nuclear stockpile, that the carryover funding they’ve been using is about to run out,” Rogers said at a press conference....