By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
The White House can put aside global warming hysteria. Nuclear proliferation among rogue nations is the real worry, but President Obama isn't persuaded. He has been making sleepy-time choices.
A senior House Republican is questioning the Obama administration's plan to seek an arms agreement for space based on concerns that the pact could restrict U.S. military and intelligence operations.
On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-flight orbiter to New York City.
On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-flight orbiter to New York City.
In addition to the existing missile-defense sites in Alaska and California, Mr. Turner urges construction of new interceptor sites in the northeastern United States.
"When the Obama administration canceled the Bush plan they did so claiming that there were two things that I believe were inaccurate at the time," Rep. Mike Turner, Ohio Republican, tells The Washington Times. "One, that the threat was slow to emerge, that we had the luxury of time to respond to the emerging threat. And secondly, that the non-existent SM-3 IIB would be superior technology and would provide greater protection of the United States. Well, the reports have clearly shown that there are technical problems with that non-existent missile interceptor, and we still have ground-based missile technology that works and would secure the United States."
