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F-35 Second Engine Wins In House, Loses In Senate Panel

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Friday, May 28th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers voted last night to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine in the Pentagon policy bill, though the program's fate may be left to House-Senate negotiators. That's because Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) opted to not include the General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce engine program when it approved its version of the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill last night. As those battles raged on Capitol Hill, the White House officially threatened to veto the legislation if it supports the engine, which is an…

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