Grounding The SR-71 Was A Bad Move

The Clinton Administration last month made a mistake in killing the SR-71 reconnaissance program with the line-item veto. The veto was created to eliminate pork-barrel projects that Congress forces upon the executive branch. But the SR-71 is hardly pork. The SR-71 is the U.S.' only synoptic-coverage...

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