Posted on 09/11/2001 12:35:33 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday warned President Bush that he would face a "difficult fight" with congressional Democrats over his defense budget and denounced the administration's missile-defense plan as a "theological mission."
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, who took over the committee leadership from Sen. Jesse Helms after the Republicans lost control of the Senate earlier this year, asked Mr. Bush to re-prioritize his budget proposal to reflect the military's "real needs" and the hard economic times.
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