(The Hill) Carlo Munoz - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is pushing for congressional funding for more Iron Dome missile defense systems for Israel. "The Department of Defense has been in conversations with...Israel about U.S. support for the acquisition of additional Iron Dome systems and intends to request an appropriate level of funding from Congress to support such acquisitions based on Israeli requirements and production capacity," Pentagon spokesman George Little said in a statement released Tuesday. DOD had set aside more than $200 million to help Israel purchase and field the Iron Dome system in fiscal 2012. Israel already has three Iron Dome systems deployed in the country. The system "has played a critical role in Israel's security," Little said.
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