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Defend America on Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:48:15 PM
Exclusive: White House aides insisted F-22 be removed from Obama speech venue
Wed, 12/02/2009 - 4:08pm
When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf
Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane
in the hanger. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the
plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama
speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.
"White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said
they would not allow POTUS to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or
form," one source close to the unit relayed.
Stephen Lee, a public
affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was
parked in the hanger and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House's
behest.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/02/exclusive_white_house_aides_insisted_f_22_be_removed_from_obama_speech_venue