WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, and Representative Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on his decision to cut the Pentagon's independent weapons testing office budget by nearly 80% and staff by 74%, and urged him to reverse the cuts to ensure the military's weapons systems are effective for combat use and safe for troops. The new letter follows a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding (https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-1088...