Defense Secretary Panetta Warns Against 'Pet Projects' In Defense Budget -- FOX News
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned legislators Thursday against adding unnecessary “pet projects” to the defense budget. The warning came one day after the House Armed Services Committee passed an amendment authorizing $100 million to conduct an environmental survey for missile defense shield silos that the Pentagon did not request.
Republicans in Congress managed to obtain bipartisan support for the measure to find potential sites for 20 land-based interceptor missiles to protect the East coast of the United States.
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My Comment: This is not going to be resolved until after the election .... but by then sequestration will have been implemented.
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