Hawkish lawmakers who want more information on President Barack Obama’s nascent European missile defense setup are blocking an Army budgeting request as a bargaining ploy. House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-Ohio) lamented to Pentagon officials yesterday that he and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) have not received information they requested from the Pentagon on Obama’s ship-and-land-based European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to missile defense. Turner noted, at a missile-defense hearing of his subcommittee, that the Government…
Lawmakers Block Army Request In Fight Over Missile Defense Data
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