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U.S. Lawmakers Urge Putting Radar In Israel, To Be Tied In With European Missile Defense

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Friday, May 16th, 2008

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Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in Israel that would be linked to a planned American missile defense system protecting Europe from Iranian attacks. Under the proposal, the United States would place an X-Band ground-based warning radar in Israel. U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a House Appropriations Committee member, and Jane Harman (D-Calif.), a House Homeland Security Committee member, made their request in a letter to Bush that also was…

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