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"Rumor has it" that Rep. John Murtha visited with Boeing Puget Sound employees during a tanker fact-finding trip....the irony. "Pro-military" John McCain kills a deal to allow Boeing, the company that INVENTED Air Refueling Tankers over 50 years ago, to build the next generation of Air Refueling Tankers to replace the aging KC-135s, and "Anti-military" John Murtha, who loathes and defames the military as much as Kerry, may be the one to make it happen. We are living in an upside world.....
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baldeagle · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:29 am Post subject:

TEWS, if John Murtha is pushing for Boeing to get the tanker contract, you can bet the mortgage that there is a Boeing sub-contractor in his PA district who will make a tidy profit on the deal.
He may not give a fig for the military, but he is a bear for bringing fed dollars home to his constituents.
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TEWSPilot · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:15 am Post subject:

I learned Murtha is also visiting Northrup/Grumman and pushing a "split sale". The Pentagon is dead set against such a foolhardy proposition. The logistics nightmares and millions of dollars in extra costs to maintain and deploy and schedule refuelings with two very different platforms would be a disaster.
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