Palin supports Senate bill to restore missile defense

A Senate bill to restore missile defense funding under consideration this week has Gov. Sarah Palin's full support. Earlier today the governor messaged her Twitter followers:

"Defense Dept plan to stop progress @ AK Ft Greely missile silos may be reversed w/new Senate bill. I'll support efforts to halt defense cuts"

The Obama Administration had proposed a $1.2 billion cut for missile defense, and the U.S. willingly complied in its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010.

According to the Heritage Foundation's website NationalSecurity.org:

The 32 percent cut in interceptors protecting US soil from North Korea, Iran, and other rogue threats represents a major decrease in the security of American citizens. The cuts to important programs will inhibit progress towards a comprehensive missile defense program.

Gov. Sarah Palin and Alaska's U.S. Senators Mark Begich, a Democrat, and Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, have been urging the administration to make all of of the silos at the Fort Greely missile defense complex fully operational as originally planned.

More on this issue critical to the defense of the republic here.

- JP