House authorizes $147 million TMD plus-up

The House Monday night approved a $147 million authorization boost of fiscal 1998 funds to accelerate missile defense programs to counter an increased ballistic missile threat, primarily from Iran. Each item in the bill, Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) told the House, "has been scrubbed" by Deputy Defense...

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