House Backs Effort on Missile Defense
From Times Wire Reports
The House passed its own version of a system to protect the country against a limited ballistic missile attack, a day after the Senate approved a similar bill. Approved 317 to 105 by the House, the bill would commit the Pentagon to building the system. A House-Senate conference committee will resolve differences between the two versions. The Senate bill, favored by the White House, has a provision intended to encourage continued nuclear arms reduction talks with Moscow.
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