The Trump administration diverted funds from the Pentagon’s Sentinel nuclear missile modernization program to retrofit a luxury Qatari Boeing 747-8 jet as a potential Air Force One, with conversion costs estimated between $400 million and $1 billion. The gift raises significant ethical …
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Congress included $120 million for Abrams tank upgrades in the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act, marking the third consecutive year lawmakers overrode Army leadership requests to suspend tank production—the first such production halt proposed since World War II. Representative Mike Turner …
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Congress approved $255 million to upgrade M1 Abrams tanks through 2014 despite explicit Army testimony that it had ceased ordering tanks and wanted to save billions by halting production to develop next-generation armor. The appropriation represented a direct override of military leadership by both …
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