By Emelie Rutherford The missile-defense debate is heating up in Congress, with Republicans preparing to battle proposed Missile Defense Agency (MDA) cuts and a committee chairman advancing plans to collaborate with Russia on a European missile shield. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the No. 2 Republican in his chamber, said yesterday the billions of dollars in missile-defense cuts Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed "are inexplicable as a mater of policy and dangerous." Kyl said at a Capitol Hill breakfast that Gates'…
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