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F-22 Vote Temporarily Set Aside As Obama Keeps Two Jet Issues On Veto List

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate set aside a contentious vote on buying F-22 jets because of a battle over unrelated legislation yesterday, while the White House again dubbed funds in the defense bill for F-22s and the F-35 alternate engine as veto bait. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) yesterday morning withdrew the amendment he filed with panel Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) to strike from the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill $1.75 billion to buy…

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