The Marines, Obama And The F-35

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From Aviation Week:

The U.S. Marines investigated President Barack Obama before the election, and they say they are encouraged by what they found.

“We asked our ‘visions group,’ some bright Marines at Quantico, to examine the last 10 presidencies to give us a feel for what could arguably be the most liberal member of the Senate becoming our president,” says the Corps’ commandant, Gen. James Conway. “They said that invariably a president will rally his base to get elected, but almost equally invariably he rules from the center.

“A lot of what we see early in this administration points toward that kind of effort,” Conways says. “[Obama] has, in his cabinet, a soldier, a sailor and a Marine. I find that pretty encouraging. Some of his choices – Sec. Gates staying on [because] he is effective at what he does – give us as military people a certain air of comfort.”

So what do the Marines want from the White House?

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My Comment: There are a lot of optimistic people out there.

I have the opposite point of view. President's Obama administration is not going to be kind to the services. His priorities are elsewhere.