The so-called missile shield is an example in another sense, even more profound.

The spending bill provides $3.95 billion for the missile shield, which is $574 million less than the Administration requested.

The missile shield has received much local opposition in the area, including several protests.

This year the Pentagon is spending just $2.8 billion on developing that missile shield.

The Pentagon is now committed to developing such a national missile shield.

Without the proposed missile shield, this would have never happened.

Now is the time for citizens to say, Enough of a missile shield.

In the past, the two Houses have split the difference on the missile shield.

We would not wait to see if our missile shield actually worked.

They are now building a missile shield against a threat that is actually hard to see.