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AFP – New White House helicopters will cost less than a cancelled 13-billion-dollar program that proved too expensive and “useless,” the Pentagon said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
31
AP – The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
30
AP – The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
29
AP – The White House threatened Tuesday to veto a $636 billion spending bill for the Pentagon, citing funding for F-22 fighters and a much-criticized replacement presidential helicopter. President Barack Obama wants to terminate both programs. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
29
AP – The White House threatened Tuesday to veto a $636 billion spending bill for the Pentagon, citing funding for F-22 fighters and a much-criticized replacement presidential helicopter. President Barack Obama wants to terminate both programs. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
29
Reuters – The Obama administration repeated on Tuesday a threat to veto an annual defense spending bill if it included money to continue Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-22 aircraft production line. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
25
AP – Supporters of government subsidies to help the poor with their heating bills and small towns get clean water used to have to scratch and claw to stave off former President George W. Bush’s budget cuts. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
25
AP – Supporters of government subsidies to help the poor with their heating bills and small towns get clean water used to have to scratch and claw to stave off former President George W. Bush’s budget cuts. Read the rest of this entry »
Jun
30
AFP – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi towns and cities as a major step towards a complete pullout and “the end of the war.” Read the rest of this entry »
