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Kyl Blasts Obama’s Position On Missile Defense

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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio In a Capitol Hill speech yesterday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a strong advocate of missile defense, blasted past statements by presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on the topic. Kyl, who has endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president, said the likely winner of the election--not McCain--has made statements about gutting funding for the nation's missile defense system. "This leading Democrat has gone from statements such as, 'I don't agree with a missile defense system,' to promising…

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