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House Shoots Down F-35 Engine As HASC Questions DoD Tactics

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Thursday, February 17th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The House voted to kill funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine yesterday as a congressional panel questioned if the Pentagon illegally lobbied lawmakers to end the program it does not want. House members, via a 233-198 vote, approved an amendment striking $450 million for the F136 General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce engine from the FY '11 defense appropriations bill yesterday, when they debated amendments to a continuing resolution (CR) funding the federal government in FY '11…

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Congress

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