Political Combat Over A Fighter Jet's Engine

Courtesy NPR: Politics & Society  Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:01

Congress and the Obama administration are approaching a showdown over the new F-35 joint strike fighter. The Pentagon wants the jet to use a Pratt & Whitney engine.

Congress wants an optional engine from GE and Rolls Royce -- and it keeps sticking money for the second engine into the Defense Deptartment budget.

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