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Panel Chair Concerned About GMD Funding

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Monday, April 11th, 2011

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The head of a House panel is expressing concern about levels of funding for ground-based interceptors (GBIs) that are part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for national missile defense. Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces subcommittee, said he is "deeply concerned" about Boeing's [BA] GMD system in Alaska and California, which is intended to protect the United States from long-range ballistic missiles. "Back-to-back flight test failures this past year raise doubts about…

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