HAHAHA . . . this is too rich. Ignoring the fact that the original contract was awarded illegally, with three people going to jail over it since Boeing and a military insider were rigging the competition, Pelosi says it's McCain's fault for outsourcing our military. Unfortunately, that just goes to show how ignorant she is on the contract, since the tanker is going to be built/modified in the Mobile, Alabama not Europe. Additionally, Northrop Grumman and EADS (the European partner who provides the A330 airframe) are already building similar tankers for Australia, UK, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Boeing's design is currently being produced and sold to India.
Can someone please explain to me how she became the House Leader???
"Pelosi points finger at McCain on Boeing"The controversy over the Pentagon decision to award a $35bn refuelling tanker contract to EADS spilled into the presidential race yesterday, when a senior Democrat suggested that John McCain, the Republican nominee, was responsible for the deal being "outsourced" to a European company.
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, said Boeing had been on course to supply the US Air Force with tankers until Mr McCain "intervened".
"My understanding is that it was on course for Boeing before. I mean, the thought was that it would be a domestic supplier for it," Ms Pelosi told reporters.
"Senator McCain intervened, and now we have a situation where the contract may be - this work may be outsourced."
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