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Business/Financial

Sen. Kyl Says Gates Plan Leaves Boost-Phase Missile Defense Programs In Limbo, On Hold

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Monday, April 27th, 2009

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Meanwhile, Missile Threats Increase; Kyl Warns Nuclear-Missiles-Armed Pakistan Could Fall To Taliban In One To Six Months Gates Plan Involves $900 Million More Cuts To Missile Defense Programs, Beyond The $1.4 Billion Slash That Gates Specified The defense spending plan that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates unveiled would kick key missile defense programs into limbo and slash them by a total $900 million more than he announced, a key congressional leader said. Gates and others at the Pentagon have said…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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