Senate votes to strip $1.75 billion for F-22s from defense bill

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Senate votes to strip $1.75 billion for F-22s from defense bill

July 21st, 2009 | Add a Comment

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The Senate voted 58-40 to delete financing for seven more F-22 warplanes from a defense spending bill, handing President Obama a significant victory in his efforts to reshape the military’s priorities. Mr. Obama repeatedly threatened to veto the $679.8 billion spending bill if it included any money for the planes, which had become a flashpoint in a larger battle over the administration’s push to shift more of the Pentagon’s resources from conventional warfare to fighting insurgencies.

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