Shoot down F-22, again FINAL Edition
PERHAPS THE most unexpected - and intelligent - act by last year's Congress was the vote by the House to cut one of the largest single items in the federal budget: Construction funds for the Pentagon's F- 22 fighter jet. The vote was overwhelming, 379 to 45. After the House vote, a highly...
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| Published in | The Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Baltimore, Md
Tribune Publishing Company, LLC
22.05.2000
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | PERHAPS THE most unexpected - and intelligent - act by last year's Congress was the vote by the House to cut one of the largest single items in the federal budget: Construction funds for the Pentagon's F- 22 fighter jet. The vote was overwhelming, 379 to 45. After the House vote, a highly unusual scenario unfolded as President Clinton joined Senate Republicans in calling for the full restoration of F-22 funds. The White House threatened to veto the defense appropriations bill over this issue. The case for funding the F-22 has not improved since last year's vote. The jet was sold to Congress in 1990 as a replacement for the F- 15 fighter because U.S. military experts believed the Soviet Union was designing new, superior fighter jets. But the Soviet planes never were built. The plans for them collapsed with the Soviet Union. |
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| ISSN: | 1930-8965 |