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8. But there is an entire bipartisan caucus dedicated to advocating for more spending on F-35s. So it's likely we'll be buying closer to 100 more F-35s when the budget is approved. https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022

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7. Each F-35 costs $110 million The aircraft began development two decades ago and it still is not consistently available to perform missions The Biden administration requested ONLY 61 more F-35 https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022

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9. How is this level of spending sustained? Between 2014 and 2019, the GAO found that 14 major defense contractors "hired about 1,700 recent former DOD senior civilian and military officials. https://t.co/CFPe69v0Fl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 29, 2022