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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lawmakers Push to Zero MEADS Funding
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee is planning a push to end spending on the expiring MEADS missile defense system, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (see GSN, May 31).
"We proposed to eliminate MEADS funding” during panel discussions of the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2012, said Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska).
No fewer than seven committee members, including Begich, are expected to back the effort to prohibit further spending on the program.
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