Lawmakers Question Obama's Missile Defense Cuts

From FOX News:

Lawmakers are demanding to know why the president's proposed 2010 defense budget cuts missile defense by $1.2 billion and does not provide any funds for the European missile defense shield as Iran and North Korea defy the international community with missile testing.

Lawmakers are demanding to know why the president's proposed 2010 defense budget cuts missile defense by $1.2 billion and does not provide any funds for the European missile defense shield as Iran and North Korea defy the international community with missile testing.

Iran tested its longest-range missile to date last month, and North Korea in April took another step toward an intercontinental ballistic missile on the same day President Obama gave a speech in the Czech Republic touting U.S willingness to protect Europe and the United States from rogue missiles.

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My Comment: The Democratic Left have been critical of missile defense since President Regan started to promote it 25 years ago. They would look stupid in front of their supporters if they keep the funding spigot on.

But the White House will still not get their cuts .... I do expect Congress to restore most if not all of the funding when they make their final decisions on the U.S. military budget.