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Democrats On House Panel Assail Obering, Missile Defense; Chairman Sees More Hearings, Plus A Report, Possible

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Monday, May 5th, 2008

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Ranking Republican Says Anti-BMD Hearing 'A Fraud' Obering Asks, If An Enemy Launches A Missile From An Unmarked Ship, How Could U.S. Forces Retaliate? Democratic legislators lacerated and lambasted the U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in a hearing last week, and the panel chairman said more hearings are a possibility. The fireworks came during the latest in a series of hearings before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee national security and foreign affairs subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John…

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