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Air Force

Obama Will Sign Defense Bill With Disputed Engine Program

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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford President Obama declared yesterday he will sign the defense authorization bill into law this week, quashing any lingering speculation he could veto the legislation because it supports an aircraft engine Pentagon leaders do not want. This continued legal authorization of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's second alternate engine bodes well for the program's inclusion in the pending defense appropriations bill, which actually sets the Pentagon budget, congressional aides said. Obama told sailors yesterday at the Naval Air Station…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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