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U.S. Senate says no to F-22, siding with Obama

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 7/21/09 • Categorized as North America, Politics

The Senate has voted against funding of the United States’ premier fighter jet program, 58-40, falling in line with the views of President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, reports the Washington Post.

Whether or not to fund the F-22 Raptor, a special aircraft geared toward aerial combat which critics say is not necessary and too expensive, has led to a considerable debate recently and Obama even threatened to veto the program if the Senate voted for it, MSNBC reports.

Twitter has been quite active with F-22 tweets, which helped the term trend to the second most discussed topic on the network.

Most Americans in the Twitterverse were happy with the decision, and many shared their own take on this news:

  1. Mary Conway
    MaryEConway (Shirlington, Va.) Excited that the Senate voted down wasteful F-22 funding. Great work @SenJohnMcCain! 21 Jul 2009 from web
  2. david
    ta152h (Undisclosed) #F-22 Great aircraft, but pretty expensive. 21 Jul 2009 from web
  3. Bob Collins
    bcollinsmn (Woodbury, Minn.) @RepJeremyKalin F-22 is a great plane. But not for its speed. Is also useless. http://tinyurl.com/mvoas6 21 Jul 2009 from web in reply to RepJeremyKalin
  4. Paul Seale
    paulvseale (Nixa, Mo.) Reading tweets on the F-22 on trending topics is depressing. So many ppl uneducated about the Raptor or what threats loom. 21 Jul 2009 from web
  5. Robert Orthman
    robertorthman (Somerville, Mass.) never thought I’d see the F-22 Raptor as a trending topic…. 21 Jul 2009 from web
  6. Jennifer Michaels
    jennymichaels (New York, N.Y.) finally no more funding for f-22 planes. good! producing something that is never used? jobs lost is no excuse for inefficiency 21 Jul 2009 from web
  7. TWTRCON's TWTRGOV
    TWTRGOV (Undisclosed) McCain tweets back and forth today with ABC about F-22 fighter project. http://bit.ly/2lsQ5K 21 Jul 2009 from bit.ly
  8. JordanSchoem
    JordanSchoem (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) Great, now with the F-22’s all gone, what will protect us from the independence day aliens? 21 Jul 2009 from web
  9. Chaunice
    diamondchauni (Miami, Fla.) OMG they rejected funding for the F-22???? WTH at least we still have the F-15 located at my old base Shady J Hoooo Rahhhhh 21 Jul 2009 from web
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  • witschey
    In difficult times things that aren't really useful should be scrapped; but if F22 gets scrapped, why is Obama wasting billions on unnecessary projects all over the nation?
  • ckanal
    Thanks for the comment, witschey. Not sure, but agree with you that people have no choice but to scale back during difficult times.
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