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East Coast Missile Site Up For Debate Next Week

Julie Samuel

Friday, December 7th, 2012

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When House and Senate negotiators meet starting next Wednesday to craft a compromise defense authorization bill, they will weigh whether to keep, scale back, or eliminate a directive for the Pentagon to plan for a missile-defense site on the U.S. East Coast. That House-backed proposal is largely supported by Republicans yet rejected by Democrats, including Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and one of the top negotiators who will craft a final Pentagon policy…

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