The new Democratic-controlled Senate has set among its top legislative tasks for 2007 relieving the strain on the US military and repairing crumbling military infrastructure, says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-N.M.) The Democrats plan to introduce legislation titled “Rebuilding America’s Military Act of 2007″ (S. 8).
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
