Missile Defense
More on Missile Defense
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week the House Armed Services Committee marked up the National Defense Authorization Act, the single piece of legislation the committee considers each fiscal year. Congressman Trent Franks offered several amendments to the legislation. Several of his amendments passed and were added to the NDAA, which will be debated on the House Floor later this month.
As the Obama Administration continues to ignore the growing, existential threat posed by Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) technology in the hands of a terrorist enemy such as Iran and ISIS or in the hands of a more conventionally armed but equally psychotic North Korea, and in light of the Senate Democrats’ continued intransigence in blocking important Homeland Security legislation, it is incumbent upon the United States Congress to double-down on our proven Missile Defense technology.
Years from now, historians will write with confusion and wonder that Wendy Sherman, architect of the North Korean nuclear deal under President Clinton, was employed by the Obama Administration to negotiate the Iranian nuclear deal.