Posts Tagged ‘pentagon’

Obama’s Jobs stimulus – aerial tankers

April 20th, 2010 | No Comments

The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company told the Pentagon on Tuesday that it would bid for an aerial tanker contract worth at least $35 billion, government and industry officials said Tuesday…. Pentagon officials had been willing to give EADS more time to make a bid out of concern that Boeing could charge a higher [...]

Those pesky swarming Iranian boats

January 9th, 2008 | No Comments

A lot is being made of the Straight of Hormuz incident between the US and Iran a few days ago.  The US claims it was harassed and provoked, the Iranians said originally it never happened.  You be the judge, here IS the incident as provided by The Pentagon: Now that the whole world can see [...]

Paying for Congressional families’ trips

June 14th, 2007 | 3 Comments

This one just boggles me. Pentagon officials are bracing for a fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her desire to allow lawmakers€™ adult children to tag along on taxpayer-funded travel for free. Pelosi wants them to be able to fill the role of lawmakers€™ spouses when the latter are unable to make a [...]

9/11 Pentagon strike video to be released

May 16th, 2006 | No Comments

The Pentagon on Tuesday released video images of American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the military headquarters building and killing 184 people in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The images, recorded by a Pentagon security camera, were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch, a public interest group. [...]