Senate Votes Down Funds for F-22s

Washington Post by R. Jeffrey Smith | Jul. 21, 2009 (News Report)

The Senate debated Tuesday whether to spend $1.75 billion on seven additional F-22 jets, a decision that pits the possible loss of thousands of defense jobs against Obama administration assertions that the Pentagon has enough of the fighters and the program should be terminated. (May need to register) Full Story »

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by Stephen Babcock - Jul. 22, 2009

The Post provides the Obama party line context that F-22s were a Soviet relic. Missing is the crucial context that the billions for the F-22 is merely a drop in the Pentagon's budget, and, according to the New York Times, 2,400 F-35s are on their way anyway. That's right. 2,400. So why was this vote so important? Because Obama said so.