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Thursday, November 13, 2008

DoD spends less than lawmakers want on F-22s

Under mounting pressure from Congress to spend $140 million to buy parts for 20 more F-22 jet fighters, the Defense Department agreed Wednesday to spend $50 million on parts for just four of the stealthy planes.

Reaction from Capitol Hill was mixed.

"It’s sort of a [screw]-you answer," an aide to a senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said of the $50 million spending plan.

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