Three House democrats today ratcheted up their opposition to building a new site for the National Missile Defense system at Ft. Greely, AK, telling the Pentagon's top missile defense official that the Defense Department should not use fiscal year 2001 military construction funding to begin breaking ground until Congress has had time to consider the legal and environmental implications of building such a site. Earlier this month, Reps. John Spratt (SC), Ike Skelton (MO) and Norm Dicks (WA) wrote to...
