How many more ways can they f_ck the US?

Gen. Mike Hostage looks on as Lt. Suzanne Sparks, crew commander with the 7th Space Warning Squadron, demonstrates a mock missile detection sequence in the Missile Warning Operations Center at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., on Nov. 6. The military is concerned that the Obama administration may limit military space activities with a new space arms-control deal. Photo Credit:USAF/John Schwab

The Obama administration is launching a new space arms-control initiative that critics say will lead to restrictions on U.S. military activities in space, a key U.S. strategic war-fighting advantage.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to announce the initiative as early as Tuesday. The plan will be built on work contained in a European Union draft code of conduct for space that the Pentagon and State Department have criticized as too restrictive.

“The United States has decided to enter into formal consultations and negotiations with the European Union and other spacefaring nations to develop an International Code of Conduct,” said an administration official familiar with the announcement.

The U.S. government has rejected space-arms talks promoted by Russia and China at the United Nations as a covert attempt to limit U.S. military space operations, but the administration official called the EU draft code an improvement.

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