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Senate Poised To Grant Early Endorsement of Obama Missile Defense Plan

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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was poised yesterday to approve a Pentagon money shift that would amount to one of lawmakers' first endorsements of President Barack Obama's new European missile- defense plans. The chamber was preparing at press time to vote on amendments to the fiscal year 2010 military construction appropriations bill, including one to reprogram $68.5 million in unobligated FY '09 funds to help build an Aegis Ashore test facility at the Pacific Missile Range in Hawaii. The amendment,…

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