House Passes Defense Measure With Weapons Obama Hasn’t Sought

[Ought Six]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...-by-obama.html

[Spacepope]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...-by-obama.html

The legislation rejects Obama administration proposals to delay or terminate several military programs, while providing funding for weapons the Defense Department has said it doesn’t want and didn’t request, including $1 billion for the Navy to build a third DDG-51 Aegis-class destroyer and $182 million for the Air Force to buy 21 RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 drones.

Gotta love election year politics!

[bravosixniner]

gotta love election year politics!

nom nom nom gimme more pork.....me congress, me love pork yum yum yum.

[Atlantic Friend]

The legislation rejects Obama administration proposals to delay or terminate several military programs, while providing funding for weapons the Defense Department has said it doesn’t want and didn’t request

What do them defense officials and generals know anyway?

[LineDoggie]

Y'all assume they arent needed and that the SecDef and Joint Chiefs are above being political animals.

Obama Opposes section 552 that we know for sure

[KB]

[JasonC]

Dibs says when they sign the defense bill in December, the 3rd DDG-51 will be canceled. The damn shipbuilders are already back-ordered, its not like they would start construction next year, with 4 '51s on order.