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A Harmful, Shortsighted Decision On National Security

Statement

Date: Sept. 17, 2009
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: National Security

A Harmful, Shortsighted Decision On National Security

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Thursday regarding the administration's decision to abandon an important missile defense program:

"The administration's decision to abandon an important missile defense program for the defense of NATO and our allies in Poland and the Czech Republic, in my view, is both shortsighted and harmful to our long-term security interests. We must not turn our backs on two loyal allies in the War on Terror. Further, the administration has secured no apparent commitment from the Russians to work with us to reduce either the missile or nuclear threat from Iran. More troubling will be if the administration has made these concessions to Russia in pursuit of expediting ill-considered arms control deals."


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