Rapid Fire Nov. 30, 2012: US Senate Gets Closer to NDAA

Panetta & Barak, before retirement
Desk Iron Dome. Make it happen.
Ash is going to be SO jealous!

If you throw pens at Leon Panetta’s desk, the small Iron Dome replica he received as a gift from Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak won’t shoot to intercept. Panetta hid his disappointment gracefully but he would not say whether the anti-rocket system (marketed at full size by Raytheon in the US) would end up on the FY14 budget request. Joint press conference transcript.

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