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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Gates: Lopsided F-35 costs "drove me nuts"
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said a plant involved in the production of the F-35 had 70 percent of its overhead funded by taxpayers and JSF work used only 6 percent of the floor space.

Speaking at a hearing for the House of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee on defense, Gates also threatens to recommend a presidential veto of any legislation that funds the F136 and C-17.

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