Syracuse:
WASHINGTON — Members of Upstate New York’s congressional delegation are making a last-minute pitch to the Pentagon, asking military leaders to consider building a $3.6 billion missile interceptor site at Fort Drum.
The lobbying blitz comes as the Pentagon nears a decision in early March on whether the U.S. needs to build a new base to defend the East Coast from an intercontinental ballistic missile attack.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, who represents Fort Drum and Northern New York, led a group of nine New York House members this week who asked military brass to consider Fort Drum for the interceptor site.
Among those signing a letter to Samuel A. Greaves, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, were Reps. John Katko, R-Camillus, and Brian Higgins, a Democrat from Buffalo…
