GOP Lawmakers Press Administration For Answers On Iran ICBM Threat

摘要

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) are worried that Iran's ballistic missile capability may pose a more imminent threat to the United States.rnIn a letter sent to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday, the two lawmakers write they are concerned with "the administration's plans for missile defense," in particular what they call "the continued sharp decline in the attention and resources invested in U.S. national missile defenses.rn"We fear that this situation could be severely exacerbated under current plans, including the threat of defense sequester, which could be prevented under recent legislation passed by the House of Representatives," the letter continues.