The latest from the Washington Post: "The United States is building a new generation of spy satellites designed to orbit undetected, in a highly classified program... the previously undisclosed effort has almost doubled in projected cost--from $5 billion to nearly $9.5 billion, officials said. The National Reconnaissance Office, which manages spy satellite programs, has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the program, officials said."
How one official described the funding for the program: "With the amount of money we're talking about here, you could build a whole new CIA."
Here was the story headline on Saturday's A01:
New Spy Satellite Debated On Hill
Now, this from Thursday's A01:
Rumsfeld Gets Earful From Troops
Complaints Cite Equipment Woes, Extended Tours and Pay Delays
It's all about priorities. Again, this administration is willing to fund space programs but not our troops, Iraq firehouses but not American ports (security). He is asking for another attack! The Democrats are right to jump on this and distill the notion that they somehow don't support the troops. Also, note the great funding disparity between the pittance it would cost to buy more (ask for) more armor and the billions upon billions spent on the space weapons program.
Apparently, soldier safety is second to space safety. (Who's going to attack us from space?)
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