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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday voted to strip money for seven additional F-22 jets from a $680 billion defense bill, after President Obama threatened to veto the entire bill if the money remained.

The 58-40 vote was a win for the White House and, for the moment, prevents Obama from using the first veto of his presidency. The president considered the $1.75 billion addition to the defense bill a waste of money.

But the fight to fund additional F-22 jets is far from over. Because the House passed a version of its defense bill including additional funding, the subject will come up in negotiations to reconcile the two bills.

Obama on Tuesday thanked the Senate for approving the amendment that he says will "better protect our troops."

Obama said he rejected the notion that the country has to "waste billions of taxpayers dollars" on outdated defense projects.

"That's why I'm grateful that the Senate voted against an additional $1.75 billion to buy F-22 jets that military experts and members of both parties say we do not need," he said at the White House. "At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money."



Well we don't NEED a lot of things they are spending on now. They have pissed away more money than this. And how many members of both parties said that? 2? 3? Who are the military experts? I love it when they are vague like this because it means there is no substance to their claims.
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