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You are here: Home / Issue Center / Laicie Olson and Kingston Reif Quoted on 2013 NDAA in the Korean Herald

December 24, 2012

Laicie Olson and Kingston Reif Quoted on 2013 NDAA in the Korean Herald

Revised U.S. defense act urges tougher measures against N.K.

By Shin Hyon-hee

The Korean Herald

The NDAA resulted from months-long negotiations between Democrats and Republicans through the double-chamber legislature’s conference committee.

The Democrat-controlled Senate had resisted some hard-line proposals from the Republican-dominated House including the MD base plan due to uncertainty and budget pressure. It then appears to have sought a compromise after the North’s missile launch by watering down controversial provisions.

In May, the House Committee on Armed Services endorsed the base project and a much-debated redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula. It allotted $100 million for studying three candidate sites, aiming to complete construction by 2015.

Click here to read the full article, including statements from Olson/Reif.

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