RSSBattle lines form over fate of F-22 fighter
From: The Washington Times | July 17, 2009
The Democrat-controlled Congress is challenging President Obamas resolve to cut an Air Force fighter plane program – a move the White House calls the first major test of its efforts to curb runaway spending and slash unneeded projects. Mr. Obama and his spending-cut allies on Capitol Hill are going head-to-head with powerful Democratic committee chairmen and lawmakers from both parties with home-state interests in building the F-22 Raptor who are trying to add money for the fighter plane over the objections of the president and the Pentagon. “The Pentagon doesn’t want this plane; the Pentagon doesn’t think we need this …
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