The Pentagon is asking Congress for relief from a statutory requirement that the nation's missile defeat policy and strategy be modified by appointing one or more acquisition executives to oversee homeland cruise missile defense and left-of-launch capabilities. On March 6, the Defense Department sent Congress a package of legislative proposals to be considered along with the fiscal year 2021 spending plan that included a provision to amend the FY-18 National Defense Authorization Act which mandated the defense secretary explicitly vest...
