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Senators Call For Pentagon To Stick To F-22 Plans In Defense Bills

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Friday, November 7th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning for future purchases of Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built F-22 fighter jets. The six Republicans--Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Orin Hatch (R-Utah), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and John Thune (R-S.D.)-- called in the letter for England to stick to a congressional plan for the Pentagon to obligate $140…

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