Senators eye supplemental to fund airliner missile shield

Two U.S. senators are eyeing the Bush Administration's upcoming supplemental appropriations request for Afghanistan and Iraq as a potential means to speed the installation of anti-missile devices on American commercial airliners. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The DAILY late Sept. 10 that he and...

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