Republicans tout expansion of missile defense
Published: Thu Jul 6th, 2006Source: washingtontimes.com
Congressional Republicans yesterday reacted to North Korea's series of test-firings by touting their party's support for missile defense and praising their expansion of the program's budget and scope. It is uncertain whether Congress, on a one-week break, will take legislative action, but aides for Republican leaders noted the unanimous passage of a Senate measure increasing funding for the U.S. missile defense system beyond the initial Pentagon request.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, California Republican, said on CNN yesterday that "at some point, if diplomacy doesn't work, it's all physics."
"If you have a missile in the air, and it's coming toward one of your cities, the only way to stop it at that point is not with words, but with interceptors," he said.
Sen. George Allen, Virginia Republican and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the North Korean launches were a reminder "of the need for an effective missile defense system."
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