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Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense, Focus Instead On European Defense Against Short-Medium Range Iranian Missiles

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

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She Condemns Iran For Developing Missile Able To Strike Targets In United States Tauscher Says European System Won't Be Dropped In Deal With Moscow, But EMD Would Protect America, Not Europe The United States shouldn't completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested and proven to work, according to Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Armed Services Committee strategic forces…

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