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Pols Balk At Potential Space Pact

Julie Samuel

Friday, January 20th, 2012

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Four senior lawmakers are objecting to the Obama administration’s plans to negotiate a code of conduct with other nations for activity in space. Among their concerns, cited in a letter to President Barack Obama, are that such a space pact would be an “international arms control agreement” that would bypass congressional input and hurt U.S. companies. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that “the United States has decided to join with the European Union and other nations to develop…

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