The Democratic majority in the US Congress sharply criticized the intention of the administration of President George W. Bush to deploy elements of national missile defense on the territory of Poland and the Czech Republic . Democratic congressmen fear that the implementation of these plans will bring Russia and Iran closer to each other . Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Brad Sherman said that he “sees no better way to force Russia not to oppose the Iranian nuclear program than to station American missiles on the territory of its former allies.” Recently, the subcommittee on strategic forces unanimously supported a $160 million reduction in the budget allocated in 2008 for the deployment of ten interceptor missiles in Poland and the construction of a radar station in the Czech Republic. The George W. Bush administration is going to spend $310 million for these purposes next year. The head of the subcommittee on strategic forces, Democrat Ellen Tauscher, explained the cutting of funds by the fact that the United States was unable to agree on missile defense with Russia.
