Congress delivers blow to Bush's European missile project by slashing funding
- From: "Bob Brock" <bbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:09:08 -0400
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0%2C%2C2135891%2C00.html
George Bush's plans to establish a European missile defence system suffered
a big setback yesterday when a Congressional committee slashed the funding.
The House appropriations committee cut $139m (£69.5m) from the $310m the
Bush administration wants for preparatory work on the missile project in
Europe. It approved funds for a radar system in the Czech Republic but cut
the $139m Mr Bush requested to establish a missile interception system in
Poland, the most controversial part of the defence system.
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