“President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order for a ‘next generation’ defense shield to protect the US against ballistic missiles and other long-range attack,” Bloomberg reports.
“It says Trump will order the construction of an Iron Dome shield, comparing it to Israel’s vaunted system which was developed in coordination with the US and is designed to address threats including drones, rockets and cruise missiles.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.