The $626 billion Congress is making the final changes to a defense spending package, & it’s a doozy

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Execs Hold Their Own Defense Industry Pity Party

Congress is making the final changes to a defense spending package, and it’s a doozy: The $626 billion bill includes money for several big-ticket weapons programs that the Obama administration sought to cancel.

Among other things, the bill includes around $465 million to develop an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and $2.5 billion for 10 more C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes. It even throws a lifeline to the VH-71 presidential helicopter, a troubled program canceled by the administration because of cost overruns.

But to hear defense executives and their friends tell it, it’s all doom and gloom for the defense industry.
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/execs-hold-their-own-defense-industry-pity-party/

And there's no money for health care??

[Mari333]

1. knr

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2. From here Saturday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7212236

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3. Disgusting. This country is dirty, disgusting, and depressing. nt