Ploughshares Fund President Joseph Cirincione testified before the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 about the administration's record-breaking budget request for ballistic missiles, which comes at a time of steady decline in the threat they pose. He concluded by calling ballistic missile defense “the longest running scam in the history of the Department of Defense.”

Click on the link to the right for an audio clip of his testimony or download the attached pdf for the full transcript, complete with tables and statistics.