By Emelie Rutherford Missile-defense advocates in Congress have failed so far to halt President Obama's proposed $1 billion-plus cut to such defenses, but have garnered support for continuing near- term work on U.S. interceptors and a tenuous European system. After House Democrats easily shot down all Republican attempts to reverse missile-defense cuts during floor debate last month on the defense authorization bill, pro-missile- defense senators didn't even push during consideration of the upper chamber's bill the past two weeks to…
Despite Cuts, Missile-Defense Advocates See Silver Lining In Budget Debate
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