Rep. Mike Turner, a senior Republican defense lawmaker and missile defense advocate, took aim at the Obama administration’s offer to drop some missile defenses in Asia if North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Here’s how the New York Times reported Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks three days ago:

“In a news conference, Mr. Kerry suggested that the United States could remove some newly enhanced missile defenses in the region, though he did not specify which ones. Any eventual cutback would address Chinese concerns about the buildup of American weapons systems in the region.”

Turner, who has never made a secret of his disdain for the Obama administration’s missile defense strategy, sent President Obama a letter calling this latest move “the same failed strategy that your administration offered up to the Russians in exchange for reining in Iran.”