Panetta Supports F-35 After Report Urges Slowing Jet Purchases
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta remains committed to the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 jet, the Pentagon’s largest weapons program, even as a new internal report outlines technical problems, his spokesman said today.
“The secretary is aware of the report,” Panetta spokesman George Little told reporters today. “He believes the F-35 program is important to pursue, that it will give us capabilities we need to maintain our edge.”