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  • MORE ON CONGRESS'S NEW LUXURY JET

    11/21/2007 8:08:21 AM PST · by george76 · 58 replies · 86+ views
    instapundit ^ | November 21, 2007 | Glenn Reynolds
    "One final thought: the delivery of a new 'junket jet' for Congress may infuriate a lot of taxpayers, but there's a method in Boeing's apparent madness. Winners of the KC-X and CSAR-X contracts will be announced early next year, and by delivering the C-40 now (just in time for Christmas holiday 'fact-finding' trips), the aircraft giant hopes that some of its Congressional friends will pressure the Air Force to steer those contracts toward Boeing." "Since congress's new luxury jet is part of the military appropriations and with congress not funding the military as the president requested, the jet should be...