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Trump picks one-term congressman to manage U.S. nuclear arsenal
Japan Times ^ | 1/17/2025 | By William J. Broad

Posted on 01/18/2025 5:10:56 AM PST by AndyJackson

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Overhauling NNSA and turning it from a tired do-nothing bureaucracy to a functioning organization is just as much part of defense reform as anything going on in DOD with Hegseth et. al. Is this man the man for that job? Will he bulldoze over petty bureaucratic nonsense?
1 posted on 01/18/2025 5:10:56 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Isn’t this Sammy the Airport Ladies’ Luggage thief’s old job?


2 posted on 01/18/2025 5:13:13 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Joe Pedophile's deal with the devil is finally coming to an end. Thank you Lord. Amen.)
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No! He was a deputy flunky for nuclear waste, which is a different political CF. NNSA is in charge of designing, developing and producing nuclear weapons for the DOD [which we stopped doing at the end of the Cold War] and maintaining those weapons [which NNSA has done since 1992]. But this is like going from F1 race car development to Oil Changers and your local body shop, with all the environmental whackos and CFR whackos and safety whackos kibitzing. So it’s a different political CF as well as a financial scam. DOD: fix this one NNSA: how much money you got and when do you want it? Well quadruple all of that and we’ll see what we can do.


3 posted on 01/18/2025 5:20:56 AM PST by AndyJackson
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“Isn’t this Sammy the Airport Ladies’ Luggage thief’s old job?”

An absolute demented pervert. We’re a laughing stock.


4 posted on 01/18/2025 5:21:11 AM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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Let’s go Brandon!


5 posted on 01/18/2025 5:21:38 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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We need a Navy man instead of a dress stealing She-he (or He-she). Sorry. And Japan Times has an interest? This looks like CIA BS.


6 posted on 01/18/2025 5:22:45 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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This is a different job. This is not a flunky position but running the whole place.


7 posted on 01/18/2025 5:23:46 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Dynamic leadership that will make real efforts to improve and modernize the system don’t come from within that system after years of stagnation.

Objections based on ‘lack of technical experience’ are specious, and usually politically based or just old hidebound bureaucrats opposing change.

If the pics of some of the storage in Pantex leaked some years ago are indicative of current conditions, there’s a LOT of work to be done.


8 posted on 01/18/2025 5:39:25 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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You cannot change unacceptable conditions however unsafe because “nuclear safety.” It’s a racket.


9 posted on 01/18/2025 5:43:00 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Tend to your knitting, Japan. THIS is called "draining the swamp".

As for What’s unknown publicly is the extent of Williams’ experience in the knotty intricacies of how the weapons work and how they are kept reliable for decades without ever being ignited., any Naval officer knows as much as he needs to about how they work, and for reliability - that's what we have NCO technicians for.

10 posted on 01/18/2025 5:44:14 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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This is actually an NY Time article reposted in Japan. But no paywall problem.


11 posted on 01/18/2025 5:44:47 AM PST by AndyJackson
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Here’s another idea: abrogate the START treaty. It was made between the US and a political entity that no longer exists. The Russians have always cheated under it, and it doesn’t constrain the Chicoms at all.


12 posted on 01/18/2025 6:01:11 AM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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Well, there’s nothing safe about nuclear anything. Which makes the current stasis unacceptable.

If Yucca Mountain cannot be used, then a new site must be found and effectively established.


13 posted on 01/18/2025 6:02:37 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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“a new site must be found and effectively established.”

Martha’s Vineyard sounds good...right next to Obozo’s mansion.

Lol.


14 posted on 01/18/2025 6:06:46 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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I can see Williams reporting for work, ordering an inventory of the nation’s nuke stockpile only to discover half of them missing.


15 posted on 01/18/2025 6:17:25 AM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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“A lengthy 2022 profile of Williams described him as a multimillionaire who starts each morning by reading a section of the Bible. After high school, it said, Williams went to Baylor University, a private Christian school in Waco, Texas, ”

Oh ok… I see the problem with him now.


16 posted on 01/18/2025 6:24:32 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI..Exactly.)
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At least Williams won’t be selling 20 % of our uranium to Russia it’s a start of not so bad.

Hillary turns lights out.


17 posted on 01/18/2025 6:43:46 AM PST by Vaduz
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Well, the Whack-a-Moles just popped up their heads, Mr. President. You now know of two more who will undercut your orders and administration at any chance.


18 posted on 01/18/2025 6:49:36 AM PST by healy61
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I can see Williams reporting for work, ordering an inventory of the nation’s nuke stockpile only to discover half of them missing.

The stockpile is held by the DOD services [Navy and Airforce]. The DOE NNSA just designs, builds and refurbishes them.

19 posted on 01/18/2025 6:58:27 AM PST by AndyJackson
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“Trump announced his choice of Williams as the nation’s nuclear weapons czar in social media posts Thursday morning, calling him “a successful businessman and Veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served as a Nuclear Submarine Officer, and Strategic Missile Officer.”
Not only this, but this man’s faith in Christ Jesus and studying His Word, allows the Holy Spirit to overflow him with wisdom, knowledge and understanding that those who do not serve Christ absolutely will not have. He has built the house of his life on THE ROCK, and will not be moved.


20 posted on 01/18/2025 7:02:03 AM PST by Patriot777 ("When you see these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.")
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