Barring a major intervention by the White House, the Senate appears poised to invest billions more in the production of C-17 cargo planes even at the expense of operations and maintenance funds for the military. A showdown vote could come as early as Wednesday, but the dynamics are very different from...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
President Barack Obama has yet to issue any threats to veto the C-17 cargo plane even though Congress seems poised to fund it, analysts say...Defense Secretary Robert Gates have both voiced opposition to spending $2.5 billion to continue production...
Barring a major intervention by the White House, the Senate appears poised to invest billions more in the production of C-17 cargo planes even at the expense of operations and maintenance funds for the military. A showdown vote could come as early...
tool goes here While ceding some ground to President Obama on high-profile weapons cuts, lawmakers are cutting money for training and spare parts to pay for other weapons Obama doesn't want and their own pet projects.
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