Gates warns he will ask Obama to veto Defense bill over chopper, JSF

babylonsister

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Thu Oct-15-09 01:15 PM
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Gates warns he will ask Obama to veto Defense bill over chopper, JSF

Gates warns he will ask Obama to veto Defense bill over chopper, JSF
By Roxana Tiron - 10/15/09 12:52 PM ET

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he�ll recommend that President Barack Obama veto the 2010 defense spending bill if it includes funding for a new presidential helicopter.

Gates said he�ll also recommend that Obama veto the bill if appropriators include funding for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

He made the threats in a letter sent Wednesday to Reps. John Murtha (D-Pa.) the chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee, and Bill Young (R-Fla.), the panel's ranking member.

�The conference bill should not provide funding for weapons that are not working or are no longer needed,� Gates told the lawmakers.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63263-gates-warns-hell-recommend-obama-veto-defense-bill-over-helicopter

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spanone

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Thu Oct-15-09 01:19 PM
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1. time to send gates, petreaus and mcchrystal packing....ASAP

gates gets 600 billion a year but fuck the President's helicopters

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babylonsister

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Thu Oct-15-09 01:20 PM
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2. I think this is a good thing. Why pay for defense programs we don't need?

I think the President will get a copter when he needs one.

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merh

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Thu Oct-15-09 01:23 PM
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3. Hello?

The president doesn't want the choppers either.

This is a good thing, a way to cut expenses and spending.

The people who want the choppers and engines would be the owners of the corporations that would win the contracts and their congress critter.

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