Arizona Republican Rep. Martha McSally says her efforts to save the Tomahawk missile program over the past few years allowed the U.S. Navy to complete the strikes on the Syrian airfield Thursday. The Tomahawk missile program was supposed to be completely ended by 2016, but last minute budget negotiations last summer saved the program from being cut. “We’re very thankful to Sen. McCain on the Senate Armed Services Committee and Congresswoman McSally on the House Armed Services Committee for leading the charge to restore funding to programs like Tomahawk” missiles, Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems said last summer.