He has always taken the role of a controversial visionary whose job is to articulate a new path forward to people who don't want hear it.
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So far the Democrats look like better news for the defense industry than the Republicans, ... I don't see how anyone could disagree. The Democrats are on the record wanting to spend more money than Bush does. The Gore plan envisions spending 10 to 11 billion more a year on defense, whereas the Bush plan sees half as much (of an increase).Loren Thompson
This is an interesting twist on an argument that the Air Force has been pursuing for some time on the need to cut its purchases of Joint Strike Fighters. The Air Force has settled on a number of about 1,100.
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The government should never have tried to develop one system to meet the very different needs of the Army and Navy.
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