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US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia

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N, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows.

The lawmakers included language in the proposed Defense Authorization Bill, which was in the early stages of the legislative process in Congress on Wednesday, that would limit funding for the Department of Defense if it were to be used “to provide the Russian Federation with access to certain missile defense technology,” a copy of the draft bill that was seen by RIA Novosti shows.

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