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Budget

SASC Chair Calls For Calm On East Coast Missile Site

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

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Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is calling on lawmakers pushing for a new missile-defense site on the East Coast of the United States to temper their support and wait for the Pentagon to assess if it is needed. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced last Friday that the Pentagon is taking several steps to boost its missile-defense efforts, including following congressional direction to conduct environmental-impact studies to find a potential third missile-defense site in the United States.…

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