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Thursday, April 12, 2007

F-35 Price Tag Climbing
Pentagon's total cost of buying F-35 Lightning II fighter jets has been raised by $23.5 billion, or 8.5 percent.

A report submitted to Congress on Monday blames the rise to decisions by Pentagon officials and Congress to buy fewer planes, to slow initial purchases of the new fighters and to stretch the planned production from 20 years to 27.

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