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Obama Pledges F-22 Veto As Senate Gears Up For Aircraft Fights

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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote by mid-day today on an proposal to strike from the defense authorization bill funds for buying seven F-22 fighter jets the Pentagon does not want and over which President Obama declared yesterday he would veto the legislation. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) have been pessimistic about their anti-F-22-funding amendment passing, because of strong Senate support for continuing production of the Lockheed…

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