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Advocacy Group To Hold Obmama To His Word When He And Gates Say Ballistic Missile Defense Is Needed Against Threat

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Monday, April 13th, 2009

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Proponents of ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs are poised to hold President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to their words when they say that BMD systems are required in the face of burgeoning worldwide missile threats, including the European Missile Defense (EMD) system. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), headed by Riki Ellison, referred to comments that Obama made in Prague, the Czech Republic, during a European trip. The EMD radar would be hosted by the Czechs. (Please…

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