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Bush Budget Plan Provides Funding For U.S.-Israeli Missile Defense Programs

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Monday, February 4th, 2008

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Budget Would Provide $66.3 Million For Arrow, $44.9 Million For David's Sling President Bush would provide capabilities development funding to further U.S.-Israeli missile defense programs in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009. U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) funding for the Arrow program would drop from $108.9 million in the current fiscal 2008 to $66.3 million in fiscal 2009, then trend back upward to $77.6 million in fiscal 2010, $78.9 million in fiscal 2011, $81.3 million in fiscal 2012, and…

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