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Reed Looks to Prevent Golden Dome ‘Slush Fund,’ Design of Detection/Comms Systems Crucial

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Reed Looks to Prevent Golden Dome ‘Slush Fund,’ Design of Detection/Comms Systems Crucial
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) speaks to high school students and their families at the Community College of Rhode Island last week about military service academies and contacting his office about nominations to the academies (Office of Sen. Jack Reed)

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said on Tuesday that despite rumblings about the future U.S. Golden Dome missile shield being under construction, the program is still in its early stages and that he will try to prevent the $25 billion for the program in the $113 billion DoD reconciliation bill from becoming a "slush fund." Golden Dome is "conceptual at the moment, frankly," Reed, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told a Defense Writers Group breakfast. "I suspect…

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