Republican Lawmakers Finger First Missile Test Failure Culprit: Barack Obama

Four senior pro-defense US Republican lawmakers have identified what they believe to be one of the chief culprits of a recent Pentagon missile test failure: Barack Obama. In a letter sent Friday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the Republican lawmakers accuse the Democratic president and his administration with putting the Pentagon’s ground-based midcourse defense (GMD)…

Rep. Forbes: What Did China Launch? When Did Obama Admin. Know It?

What did China really launch into space, and when did Obama administration officials know it? That’s what GOP House Armed Services Committee member Randy Forbes of Virginia wants to know. And he’s pressing President Obama’s hand-picked defense secretary for some answers. The early May Chinese “launch of a missile ‘nearly to geosynchronous orbit’ requires additional answers…