The deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency concurs with a recent report highlighting several budgetary trends squeezing MDA's research and development funds, including the politically sensitive push for increased aid to Israeli defense projects. "The facts are as they are," Maj. Gen. Ole Knudson said during a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "Typically, we'll request a certain amount and it gets increased through congressional action. It's a challenge that we don't have...