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Missile Defense Backers Open Lobbying Fight To Rescue Imperiled Missile Defense Programs

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Monday, April 20th, 2009

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A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze or effectively kill various defense programs, including some major missile defense efforts. (Please see Space & Missile Defense Report, Monday, April 6, 2009.) Rather than the usual tactic of focusing lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., MDAA is going across the country to build grass-roots political support for missile defense. Over…

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