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U.S. Job Creation Not a Factor in Tanker Contract Award
U.S. Department of Defense ^ | Feb 29, 2008 | DoD News Briefing

Posted on 02/29/2008 7:10:19 PM PST by Plane_Guy

Q Can I ask one quick clarification, Ms. Payton? I just want to be sure that I understood this correctly. It's fair to say that the possibility of this creating jobs in the United States was not a factor in your selection process; correct?

MS. PAYTON: That's correct.

(Excerpt) Read more at defenselink.mil ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: aerospace; boeing; defensespending; dod
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To: Plane_Guy

If this stands I am voting Obama Huessin to slow the future development of US defense systems by foreign nationals.


21 posted on 02/29/2008 7:51:14 PM PST by NoLibZone (If the Clinton years were so great for the libs- why is Obama doing so well?)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Why not hire motivated kids right out of high school or better yet, the one’s coming out of the military.. Train them and sponsor thru college with a working scholarship..
22 posted on 02/29/2008 7:56:43 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Yea, EXCEPT, Airbus and EADS are the MOST unionized, inefficient outfit on earth. The sheer fact the thing still exists is a testament to EU’s commitment to socialist welfare jobs programs. Hell they had 2 CEOs, one French one German, to ensure that noone would EVER be laid off in either country. I mean, c’mon. How in the heck could they outbid Boeing, unless the EU will be subsidizing them in effect paying for a share of our equipment.


23 posted on 02/29/2008 7:59:59 PM PST by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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To: Crimson Elephant
BIG NEWS FOR MOBILE.

I've read that this contract will mean that Mobile will become the 3rd largest aircraft manufacturing area in the world.

24 posted on 02/29/2008 8:00:26 PM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: farlander

Farlander. That is going to be the story of the year when you write it. Now get to work! :o)


25 posted on 02/29/2008 8:02:40 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Hillary Clinton - It's OBAMAS Party and She'll Cry if She Wants to?)
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To: farlander

“How in the heck could they outbid Boeing, unless the EU will be subsidizing them in effect paying for a share of our equipment.”

I don’t care if it costs twice as much but make 100% of it here!

Re bidding: I bet we can get Iranian solders for less money than it costs for a Marine.


26 posted on 02/29/2008 8:12:41 PM PST by NoLibZone (If the Clinton years were so great for the libs- why is Obama doing so well?)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

So no French are making any part of this plane?

Not a one?


27 posted on 02/29/2008 8:19:20 PM PST by NoLibZone (If the Clinton years were so great for the libs- why is Obama doing so well?)
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To: Plane_Guy
Easy fix cut out six, 3 and 4 four star ranks a day until some other decision is reached.
28 posted on 02/29/2008 8:31:37 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: ruschpa
"...the Air Force believed that Northrup Grumman produced a better plane than Boeing"

Lets just cut through the Bee Ess.

Its not a Northrup Grumman design, its a modified Airbus A330.

29 posted on 02/29/2008 10:14:20 PM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: ruschpa
>>>Our military should get the finest military equipment possible.<<<

And when the next Jacques Chirac gets elected to run France, and refuses to sell us spares because we are in some flap with a Middle Eastern country that they have an oil contract with, you will....

still applaud?

30 posted on 02/29/2008 10:21:39 PM PST by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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To: Plane_Guy

Doesn’t John Sidney McCain, III cite killing the Boeing Tanker deal as proof he can stop wasteful spending? Well, the Pentagon accquisition folks know how it would have looked to President McCain if they had awarded the contract to an American airplane maker.


31 posted on 02/29/2008 10:39:39 PM PST by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: 2CAVTrooper
I noticed that almost all of those states you listed are "red" states.

Case closed. Give the contract to Airbus!

32 posted on 03/01/2008 5:42:10 AM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: NoLibZone

Did I say that?


33 posted on 03/01/2008 8:47:28 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?)
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To: NoLibZone

You don’t care if they cost twice as much?

Way to go, so let’s have half the jets then.


34 posted on 03/01/2008 8:50:04 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?)
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To: NoLibZone

“If this stands I am voting Obama Huessin to slow the future development of US defense systems by foreign nationals.”

Based on your posts in this thread, you were more than likely going to be voting for him anyways.

Time to change your SN to PROlibzone.


35 posted on 03/01/2008 8:53:19 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Based on the posts in this thread.

But not based on my history of posts here at FR.

A smart governor will soon negotiate a deal to use Chinese solders ( cost savings) to fight for us.

Hire them but house them on bases built here in the US thus creating jobs for Americans.


36 posted on 03/01/2008 10:13:34 AM PST by NoLibZone (At the age of 50 - The Offshoring of US Military Projects Has Changed my perscpective.)
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To: NoLibZone

You’re an idiot.


37 posted on 03/01/2008 10:19:59 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

If this stands I will try to change my screen name to “Allah-Bama”

I honor of the French/Muslim and Alabama joint Military projects.


38 posted on 03/01/2008 10:25:39 AM PST by NoLibZone (At the age of 50 - The Offshoring of US Military Projects Has Changed my perscpective.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

If this stands I will try to change my screen name to “Allah-Bama”

In honor of the French/Muslim and Alabama joint Military projects.


39 posted on 03/01/2008 10:26:24 AM PST by NoLibZone (At the age of 50 - The Offshoring of US Military Projects Has Changed my perscpective.)
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To: NoLibZone

What I said in post 37 was an understatement.


40 posted on 03/01/2008 12:52:54 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?)
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