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Number one priority in washington, he would get a receptive hearing. in fact, what he got was a ferocious push back from members of congress who have gotten generous campaign checks from defense contractors who would be identified for cutting and/or who have defense plants in their district which would lose jobs. it's the military industrial complex in full play. two examples that really left out. one that expeditionary fighting vehicle for the marines that you mentioned and we'll get to that in a moment. another one that's pretty interesting is the alternate engine for the joint strike fighte...

Number one priority in washington, he would get a receptive hearing. in fact, what he got was a ferocious push back from members of congress who have gotten generous campaign checks from defense contractors who would be identified for cutting and/or who have defense plants in their district which would lose jobs. it's the military industrial complex in full play. two examples that really left out. one that expeditionary fighting vehicle for the marines that you mentioned and we'll get to that in a moment. another one that's pretty interesting is the alternate engine for the joint strike fighte...

Targeted this for elimination saying we don't need two engines for the same airplane, it creates all sorts of logistical problems, it's a waste of money and in fact congress consistently has pushed back, both because of large campaign checks and also a ferocious and awesome lobbying campaign by general electric and rolls royce. in fact, one kind of an example that i thought was kind of fun is right now everybody in washington reads that politico mike allen's playbook every morning. well all last week the week after gates made his announcement, you would have gotten that playbook sponsored by g...

For the same airplane, it creates all sorts of logistical problems, it's a waste of money and in fact congress consistently has pushed back, both because of large campaign checks and also a ferocious and awesome lobbying campaign by general electric and rolls royce. in fact, one kind of an example that i thought was kind of fun is right now everybody in washington reads that politico mike allen's playbook every morning. well all last week the week after gates made his announcement, you would have gotten that playbook sponsored by ge and rolls royce plugging the alternate engine for the joint s...

Opposition to legislation important in pennsylvania and virginia and elsewhere that helps states in a tough time keep teachers, firefighters, and policemen on the job. this is the same john boehner who infamously handed out tobacco company campaign checks to republican members of congress on the floor of the house of representatives a couple years ago and plotted with the wall street lobbyists to block financial reform around the same time democratic party chairman tim kaine was blasting john boehner, john boehner, john boehner in philadelphia, democratic house speaker nancy pelosi's office wa...