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Rogers: ‘We’re Not Gonna Eliminate the F-35’

Rogers: ‘We’re Not Gonna Eliminate the F-35’
Pictured is an F-35A Lightning II with the 355th Fighter Squadron in a weather shelter at Eielson AFB, Alaska on Nov. 13th. "During the winter months temperatures in interior Alaska will often reach 20 below zero, challenging crew chiefs to maintain and sustain one of the U.S. Air Force’s most valuable assets in one of the world’s coldest regions," the U.S. Air Force said (Air Force Photo)

Elon Musk had his 4-year-old son X Æ A-12, or "X" for short, on his shoulders when the SpaceX billionaire emerged from a meeting with Capitol Hill legislators on Thursday afternoon. As the reportorial herd behind the rope lines shouted questions about "conflicts of interest," Musk smiled before sauntering on and disappearing again. Musk is the Trump designee to head a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with fellow tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk and Ramaswamy have pledged to cut…

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