News Source: The Hill
| 7 months ago
Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), a defense appropriator, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the head of the Environment and Public Works Committee, are circulating a letter among their colleagues to get as much support as possible to buy 15 more C-17s in the...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Gates' careful campaign and timing has outflanked lawmakers and lobbyists as he plans sweeping changes in military spending. April 25, 2009 Gates unveiled a plan this month to shift money from big weapons systems including the F-22 fighter plane and...
News Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| 7 months ago
Georgia’s two senators, who along with other Georgia lawmakers have frenetically warned for months about massive job cuts in Marietta if the F-22 program was scrapped, now say they’ve been assured by Lockheed Martin that the 2,000 employees who...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 7 months ago
As the F-22 Raptor's once-strong coalition of supporters off the Hill begins to crumble, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said Wednesday he will continue to push to secure funding for 60 more of the stealthy Air Force fighters...But on Tuesday, a senior...