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Obering Says $85 Million Cut Won’t Severely Damage European BMD Program

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Friday, October 5th, 2007

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Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won't greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, said last week. In a Pentagon news briefing, Obering said the cut would "absolutely not" be a show-stopper for the planned European missile shield defending against missiles launched from Middle Eastern nations such as Iran. For example, he said, Congress still is providing enough…

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