Raptor, C-130J: Pentagon bungled planned cuts-lawmakers

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The U.S. House members blamed the Pentagon for steering big costly aircraft acquisitions programs, including the F/A-22 Raptor fighter and C-130J transport plane, into a budgetary bind. According to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee tactical air and land subcommittee, Rep. Curt Weldon, the budget requests for aviation acquisition programs and major cuts in the Raptor program indicate that defense programs are crashing into budgetary reality.

Government expenditures, Executive changes & profiles, Aircraft, Aircraft Manufacturing, International politics, Military Aircraft, Defense Administration & Finance, Officials and employees, Military policy, Defense spending, United States. Department of Defense, Defence spending, Government finance, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Weldon, Curt

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Rumsfeld: Iraq presence still open-ended

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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld describes the presence of United States in Iraq as an open-ended proposition and also refers the U.S. is a patient friend to other nations that are struggling to establish democracy. He is cautiously optimistic about the prospect of U.S. forces completing their mission in Iraq.

Strategy & planning, Iraq, Dept of the Army, United States. Army, Rumsfeld, Donald H., Postwar reconstruction, Military missions, Aims and objectives

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