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US House backs presidential helicopter, scraps F-22

Washington, USA - Many military cuts proposed by the Obama administration have been rejected

Fight in the USA between Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, and congress about next year's military budget goes on. With 400 favourable votes against 30, yesterday the House of Representatives approved an amendment that, as already happened in the Senate, blocks production of F-22 Raptor fighters (see AVIONEWS), but that contains US$636 billion to finance other programmes, including the discussed VH-71...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1107881
Rome, Italy, 07/31/2009 12:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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