[lentulusgracchus]

[Art.] ..... Defense Secretary Robert Gates drew a line this year, saying he would recommend the president veto any bill that continues funding for the second engine, which General Electric Co. is developing ..... (emphasis supplied)

militates against

[You] ....GE spent all that money bribing Obama .... that they HAVE to get something back!

[Robert A Cook PE]

“Recommend” to Pres Obama (or anything else coming from the military) means nothing. (Actually, just the recommendation alone gives Obama plenty of cover - there’s nothing that says he’ll do it, but he gets publicity for GE being “recommended” out of the funding.

Then GE gets the funding anyway. Even Goldman Sachs was willing to take a 25 million dollar “fine” in return for a 200 billion bailout package.