Posted on 07/13/2009 11:28:21 AM PDT by jazusamo
In an unusual move, President Obama sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee vowing to veto any defense bill that funds more Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter jets.
Obama threw down the gauntlet as the Senate took up the 2010 defense authorization bill. The firm commitment to veto any defense bill containing funding for the F-22 puts Obama in a tough position: he would veto bills written by a Democratic Congress.
The letter to Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) comes as the two senators introduced an amendment to strip $1.75 billion for seven additional F-22s from the Pentagon policy bill.
...I will veto any bill that supports acquisition of F-22s beyond the 187 already funded by Congress, Obama wrote on Monday. The Obama administration wants to cap the F-22 fleet at 187 aircraft.
The Senate could face a close vote on whether to strip the money from the defense authorization bill. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) won narrow support for an amendment to authorize funds for more F-22s when the Armed Services Committee marked up the bill last month. Levin and McCain opposed it at the time.
Can there be any doubt, any more, that Obama is a traitor to America and is attempting to destroy us?
The catapult will rule. You just watch.
Does he actually know what a veto is? Of all the BS he has pushed for and allowed to pass, threatening a veto over additional F-22s is hypocritically ludicrous.
lol
Good one! :)
Short answer, NO!
Around 95,000 jobs tied to Raptor program, a lot of them in Republican Country in Georgia. That’ll teach them rednecks.
A veto would put 100% responsibility on his back. Let it go that route and see how The Øne handles actual accountability.
Agreed, it would be good to see Congress split from him on this.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH OBAMA,
WHY THE HELL DO THEY COST SO MUCH? THEY COST MORE THAN THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD!
WHY THE HELL DO THEY COST SO MUCH? THEY COST MORE THAN THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
Union Workers.
That and all the govt bs that goes along with selling a high tech piece of equipment to a bunch of idiots.
How Zero handles accountability will never be seen: MSM will protect him from ever having to be questioned.
Obama is doing what he has wanted, said he would do, and has proven he will do: Weaken America.
He has weakened America for Sharia to come in, for us to be taken over by the religion that he was raised by. I may _sound_ like a crackpot now, but I truly never wanted to say these things.
We can’t ignore the facts anymore. He is shutting down the USA for takeover. And while the Chinese will have a great amount of controlling interest in us, their control will be in economy - and Islam will take the rest (Islam doesn’t want the economy, just the bodies)
Unless you were sarcastic :)
Hmm. take note of where the manufacturing takes place.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-manu.htm
Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Washington and Florida.
More blue than red may be one reason.
In any case, there will be a split in the Democrat party as those in the red states will not be happy Zer0 doing away with constituents’ jobs there.
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