White House threatens veto over 2nd engine for F-35

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WASHINGTON | Tue May 24, 2011 3:56pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top advisors would urge him to veto any military spending bill that seeks to revive an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that was being developed by General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce Group Plc, the White House said Tuesday.

The engine being used in early production models is built by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

The White House also threatened to veto the fiscal 2012 Defense Authorization bill, due to be debated in the House of Representatives this week, over sections that it said would "set onerous conditions" on implementing the new START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia.

(Reporting by Susan Cornwell and Jim Wolf; editing by Carol Bishopric)
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USAPragmatist wrote:
More evidence that Obama is more serious about tacking the budget issues then the special interest GOP.

May 24, 2011 4:54pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
actnow wrote:
Democrats and Republicans support the practice of unnecessary military spending to bring home the bacon (so to speak). I’m not an Obama fan, but I give him credit on this one. One engine is enough.

May 24, 2011 11:12pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Texasoil wrote:
That program should be scraped. When it comes to military spending let the military decided what they need. Not politicians which use the spending as tools to get votes.
While we are cutting pork lets look at subsidies like ethanol to first time home buyers. Then lets look at tax dedications and credits. If we eliminate all of these and go to a flat tax or fair tax we could put a dent in our debt. I am at the AMT now so I wont be effected as you all will be soon. I pay a flat 28% of my income with no dedications.

May 24, 2011 11:55pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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