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Reprogramming Resistance. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, opposes the Pentagon’s proposal to take $416 million from operation and maintenance accounts and use it to beef up missile defense. He says the reprogramming request, which requires congressional approval, would harm efforts to improve military readiness. "We'd be cutting money for aviation support, maintenance, and spare parts that our pilots desperately need, in order to pay for programs that won't be available until the 2020s,”…
