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8th Apr 2009, 10:55

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FOG,

Thanks for your input - very interesting. I'd not heard about the Marines going in unaccompanied, and if possible would welcome some more detail. I'm not surprised that the Marines are forbidden from thinking / discussing end of the F-35B - but if I were OC USMC I'd say the same thing - but this doesn't mean that the political leadership ought not to be thinking about it.

Here's a link to Sec Gates' remarks: DefenseLink News Transcript: DoD News Briefing With Secretary Gates From The Pentagon

Gutsy stuff in terms of taking on vested interests: but no word on canceling F-35B. However, F-22 goes and C-17 production stops, too.

S41

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