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Source: Times of Israel
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December 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (JTA) Congress wants to at least double the Obama administrations funding request for anti-missile cooperation with Israel.
Obama asked Congress for $99.9 million in 2013 for Israel co-operative programs, which include programs like the long-range Arrow anti-missile system and the short-range Davids Sling.
The US House of Representatives version of the National Defense Authorization Act, passed earlier this year, recommended adding $168 million to that request, and the Senate recommended adding $100 million in its own National Defense Authorization Act, passed last week.
A letter sent Wednesday by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to the top senators on the Armed Services Committee urges them to agree to the higher House increase in the bicameral conference talks that finalize the act.
Read more: http://www.timesofisrael.com/congress-seeks-to-double-us-funding-of-anti-missile-cooperation-with-israel/