Senate OKs Plans for Missile Defense
From Times Wire Reports
The Senate, as expected, gave overwhelming approval to an amended bill to commit the Pentagon to building a national defense against limited ballistic missile attack “as soon as technologically possible.” The 97-3 vote belied years of partisan battling over the issue. Democrats said several amendments, including one pledging the U.S. would continue to seek nuclear arms reductions in Russia, made the bill more palatable.
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