Obama pushes F-18 fighter jet in Brazil meeting

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/20/obama-brazil-jet-idUSN2020287320110320

Obama pushes F-18 fighter jet in Brazil meeting

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a strong pitch for the Boeing F-18 jet fighter in a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, but she did not indicate if her government had decided to buy the U.S.-made plane, the White House said on Sunday.

"The F-18 issue did come up. President Rousseff raised it," White House aide Dan Restrepo told reporters in Rio de Janeiro, referring to the leaders' bilateral meeting in Brasilia on Saturday that kicked off Obama's five-day Latin American tour.

Brazil is weighing a multi-billion dollar bid to modernize its air force, and Obama has made promoting exports to boost U.S. jobs back home a central part of his trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.

"President Obama underscored that the F-18 is the best plane on offer ... in that the technology transfer package ... is equivalent to the packages that are offered to partners and allies around the world," said Restrepo, Obama's top Latin American adviser...

...in the back.

PB

they might as well be our planes and thus our jobs.

we should all be angry about it


Hell, if Brazil is going to buy fighter planes why the F___ shouldn't they spend that money here?

and better fuel economy...

mark

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