WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Deb Fischer issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, questioned U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on the new management of the Department of Defense's Sentinel Program and Golden Dome.
Fischer also pressed Hegseth on how the president's budget request supports modernizing the nuclear triad.
Fischer's exchange on Sentinel and Golden Dome:
FISCHER: Over the last several months, I've worked closely with some of the new Direct Reporting Program Managers, and I've been encouraged by how they are approaching the Depart...