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Lawmakers Call For Pentagon To Spend F-22 Funds

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible continued production of the F-22 stealth fighter. They wrote in a letter sent yesterday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates that Pentagon acquisition chief John Young "recently disapproved an Air Force request" to proceed with obligating $140 million for F-22A advance procurement for 20 aircraft in FY '10. The money is…

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