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A new Republican plan to set up a missile defense site on the East Coast has attracted election-year fireworks, with Democrats accusing the GOP of pushing the idea to undercut President Obama’s national-security credentials.
Democrats say Republicans are playing politics, but GOP members hit back saying the site is necessary to get ahead of the rising threat of Iran’s missile development and to plug a gap in U.S. missile defenses.
The issue is shaping up to be one of the most contentious at Wednesday’s House Armed Services Committee markup, where Democrats are planning multiple amendments to try to strip out $100 million that was included to jump-start the East Coast site.
The Republican proposal calls for the East Coast site, which would be the third in the country, to be operational by the beginning of 2016.
Democrats contend the total cost would be $4 billion. Republicans counter that the price tag would be half of that amount.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Who is supposed to be firing missiles at us?
China? Iran? Al-Quaeda? Syria? USSR part deux?
This fear of spooks has gotten soundly and completely out of hand.