Lawmakers turn up heat on East Coast BMD site

By Jason Sherman / May 8, 2019 at 9:27 PM
Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, facing frustration from lawmakers impatient with the Defense Department for continuing to withhold findings of a study completed in 2016 about a potential East Coast missile defense site, said a decision about identifying a location for a notional new missile field was not his call. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY), during a House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee hearing, expressed exasperation with acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's recent public...

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