Fighting over the U.S. Defense budget
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President Obama and the Pentagon doesn't want helicopters for the President or more F-22 fighter jets, but Congress seem bent on funding them anyway, despite a veto threat.
"The defense-spending panel not only decided to keep Lockheed Martin's F-22 fighter jet program alive — despite a personal promise by the president to veto any defense bill containing more funds — but went ahead with funding for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which also provoked an Obama veto threat. They also poured money into the now- defunct presidential helicopter program, which Obama said he doesn’t want."
Posted by brandonb at 5:17 PM on July 16th 2009
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