More Counter-Proliferation Needed, Says Tauscher.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Legislator Ellen Tauscher's views on national missile defense - Brief Article

"The military really believed that help was 'on the way' when (Vice I President Dick) Cheney said that, but it is turning out that help is only coming if you work at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization," said Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif. "It is important for us to have national missile defense (NMD), but there must be non-proliferation and counter-proliferation efforts too," she said. Tauscher, a self-described "centrist" who serves on the House Armed Services committee, recently spoke to a roundrable of defense reporters. "NMD has become such a predominating litmus test: there is the appearance that you can't be pro-defense if you're not pro-NMD--but it is really just one arrow in the quiver," she said.

Tauscher said that the administration should focus on...