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McCain Seeks Data on Aircraft, Missile Programs

Julie Samuel

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

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Sen. John McCain is demanding information from Pentagon leaders on an over-budget aircraft carrier and ill-fated missile-defense system. McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent related letters in the last two days after firing off additional budget-related missives to the Pentagon over the past week. He addressed the Medium Air Extended Defense System (MEADS), a three-nation program the United States had planned to stop participating in, in a letter yesterday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The FY…

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