FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens to a question during a briefing at the Pentagon. Hagel has concluded that problems in the nation's nuclear forces are rooted in a lack of investment, inattention by high-level leaders and sagging morale, and is ordering top-to-bottom changes, vowing to invest billions of dollars to fix the management of the world's most deadly weapons, two senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering top-to-bottom changes in how the nation's nuclear arsenal is managed. And he's vowing to invest billions more to fix what ails a force beset by leadership lapses, security flaws and sagging morale.
Hagel is scheduled to announce Friday the results of two reviews — one by Pentagon officials and a second by outside experts — and to spell out actions he has ordered. Two senior defense officials discussed the Hagel plan on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be cited by name.
The officials say Hagel authorized the Air Force to put a four-star general in charge of its nuclear forces. Hagel concluded a four-star general would be able to exert more influence within the Air Force.
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