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Panel To Scrutinize Obama’s Plans For Protecting Homeland From Missile Threat

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford A leading House lawmaker said yesterday he plans to scrutinize President Barack Obama's plans for developing ground-based interceptors for the United States as a hedge in case Iranian missiles can reach the homeland before more-advanced protections are developed. Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), the new chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee, previously raised concerns about the Pentagon's so-called hedging strategy for protecting the homeland under its Phased Adaptive Approach to European missile defense. Now that…

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