ISR's Big Win Could Shield It From Cuts

By Jen DiMascio .
Washington .

As lawmakers consider how to shore up the nation’s defenses while balancing the books, the nation’s massive investments in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities may get a boost by their success.

Like the use of Predators to help uncover explosive-making networks in Iraq, the raid on the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, notched another big win for ISR equipment, which Defense Secretary Robert Gates has championed ...

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