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SASC Backs F-35, Pushes Back On East Coast Missile Site

Gally Articola

Monday, June 17th, 2013

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a defense policy bill that supports the Pentagon’s request for buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), while scaling back Republican attempts to construct a site with missile interceptors on the East Coast. The SASC approved the $625 billion fiscal year 2014 defense authorization will by a 23-3 vote in closed session, SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters. The measure authorizes funding for…

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