Posted by
Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:22:23 PM
House Seems To Be Set on Pork-Padded Defense Bill
By
R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Democratic-controlled House is poised to give the Pentagon dozens
of new ships, planes, helicopters and armored vehicles that Defense
Secretary Robert M. Gates says the military does not need to fund next
year, acting in many cases in response to defense industry pressures
and campaign contributions under an approach he has decried as
"business as usual" and vowed to help end.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/29/AR2009072902676.html