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Obama to Delay Tanker, Kill Bomber
Weekly Standard ^ | 3/11/09 | Josh Rogin

Posted on 03/11/2009 9:32:17 AM PDT by pissant

CQ's Josh Rogin reports:

The White House has given the Pentagon guidance to delay procurement of aerial refueling tankers by five years and cancel plans for a new long-range bomber, according to three sources close to the discussions.

No final decisions have been made, and the recommendations are part of negotiations between the Office of Management and Budget and the Defense Department over possible budget trade-offs this year, the sources said. The guidance represents two of the offset options that OMB gave the Pentagon last month regarding the fiscal 2010 Defense budget request.

If the guidance survives the internal budget process, a huge protest will follow on Capitol Hill, where dozens of lawmakers are heavily invested in the battle over tanker procurement, which has raged for years.

A new long-range bomber may be an unnecessary extravagance given the nation's current fiscal problems, but the military faces an urgent need for a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers. John McCain scuttled the first attempt to deal with the problem when he exposed the corrupt inside dealing that had handed Boeing a contract to lease the tankers to the Air Force. The investigation landed senior officers for both the Air Force and Boeing in prison. Then Northrop won the contract to provide the tankers only to have Boeing protest the decision with bipartisan support from the Hill -- particularly from Democrats who represent Boeing's home state of Washington and their protectionist allies. Now Obama looks set to push off the issue for another five years, out past his reelection campaign.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2helpourenemy; 2helprussia; 2killamerica; 2killamericans; aerospace; agenda; bho44; bhodod; boeing; bomber; carterredux; cicobama; defensespending; larrysinclairslover; marxistquisling; obama; tanker; usaf
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A Trillion for a phony BS stimulus plan, a grotesquely bloated 1/2 trillion budget, and he wants to slash military spending. This quisling needs to be ousted ASAP
1 posted on 03/11/2009 9:32:17 AM PDT by pissant
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ASAP isn’t soon enough!!!


2 posted on 03/11/2009 9:35:46 AM PDT by JDoutrider
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Bama jus gave me a great idea on how to spend my share of stimulus money. I’m going to donate it to defeating him and all of the congressional cronies in 2010 and him in 2012.


3 posted on 03/11/2009 9:36:52 AM PDT by Always Independent
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To: pissant

Jimmah Cahtuh canceled the B-1 bomber.

This is like deja vu all over again, only worse!


4 posted on 03/11/2009 9:36:57 AM PDT by 43north (11.04.08: the day America committed voluntary suicide)
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To: pissant; Nachum

ping.


5 posted on 03/11/2009 9:37:26 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: pissant

Why doesn’t a billion dollars spent on the military stimulate the economy just as much as a billion dollars spent on community organizing?


6 posted on 03/11/2009 9:38:08 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: pissant

The BUFF (B52) may last for another 50 years.............


7 posted on 03/11/2009 9:39:39 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: pissant

FUBO


8 posted on 03/11/2009 9:41:25 AM PDT by A. Morgan (Every night I pray that Rezko and Blago roll over on Obama!)
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"...a huge protest will follow on Capitol Hill, where dozens of lawmakers are heavily invested in the battle over tanker procurement, which has raged for years. "

SmileyCentral.com

9 posted on 03/11/2009 9:42:21 AM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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Since they are needed, they better be battling for them.


10 posted on 03/11/2009 9:43:46 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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Obama to Delay Tanker, Kill Bomber

Yeah, those might help defend America from Obama's new-found friends.
11 posted on 03/11/2009 9:45:01 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: 43north

jimmah did worse than that....i remember planes not being able to fly due to lack of spare parts...aircraft having to be cannibilized for parts...no fuel to fly them....military personnel on food stamps...prepare for the worst, because it is a commin’...


12 posted on 03/11/2009 9:47:30 AM PDT by joe fonebone (When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
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ASAP isn’t soon enough!!!

I agree. We need to go back in time to undo the damage.

13 posted on 03/11/2009 9:47:38 AM PDT by beaversmom
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The AF has already come out and said that any further delays to a new tanker WILL impact their ability to perform their missions. No two ways about it. AR is absolutely VITAL to the AF. This decision is utterly f’in STOOPID!!!

FUBO!! x a quazillion

SZ


14 posted on 03/11/2009 9:48:41 AM PDT by SZonian (I'm a Canal Zone brat)
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To: joe fonebone

just wait. it’s coming with this idiot too.


15 posted on 03/11/2009 9:49:38 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: swain_forkbeard

When they cut the Seawolf program, all the machine shops in Groton CT closed. You couldn’t get your brakes drums turned. Obama doesn’t have the mental capacity to understand that the industrial-military complex creates jobs that do many civilian things. He should look up all the products that were developed as an offshoot of the military purpose. Like, I don’t know. Velcro!


16 posted on 03/11/2009 9:50:54 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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"The BUFF (B52) may last for another 50 years............."

It looks like the KC-135 may have to also..........
17 posted on 03/11/2009 9:52:16 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: pissant


18 posted on 03/11/2009 9:54:34 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities." - Dune)
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To: pissant

Jimmy Carter Redux, re the B1 bomber....................


19 posted on 03/11/2009 9:56:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (The Zero has more Chicago Bull than Michael Jordan...................)
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To: A. Morgan

My sentiments exactly. Thank you.


20 posted on 03/11/2009 9:56:40 AM PDT by garyhope (It's world war IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam. VRWC. TWP.)
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