GOP hopeful Hunter says missile defense would be one of his top priorities as president

A Republican presidential candidate says that if elected president he would move forward with plans to put anti-ballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe -- to counter any potential missile threat from Iran or a rogue terrorist group.

Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) had served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee until the Democrats took control of Congress in January. The California lawmaker also has one of the most extensive national defense resumes among the presidential field. Hunter says if he becomes president, he will make the missile defense shield one of his top priorities.

"At some point we may have a rogue missile coming at the United States -- if not fired by a nation state, perhaps fired by a rogue terrorist group. Russia has protested that they think that the defensive systems would basically negate their offensive missile capability," he says.

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