With the presidential election looming just a week from tomorrow, missile defense programs may face tighter financial times no matter whether Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the Democratic White House hopeful, or Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican standard-bearer, wins. The outlook for spending on space programs is less clear, but it is a certainty that the cooling economy will create tough fiscal pressures on all government programs, as a probable recession causes tax revenues to nosedive, while pushing…
Election Nears With Likelihood Tighter Times Are In Store For Missile Defense Budgets
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