What happens when you cut the Air Force's pet program

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Monday, July 9, 2012 - 6:20 AM Share

While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on June 1, 2009.

Defense Secretary Gates's aircraft starts having mechanical problems when he is on the far side of the planet. Hmm.

"You say you need to be in Manila tonight, Mr. Secretary? Wow, tough deadline. Now, about those F-22s..."


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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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