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Obama Faces Costly Choice on $11B Marine One Fleet

Project for more secure fleet has already doubled in cost

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Feb 16, 2009 5:02 AM CST

(Newser) – President Obama has to decide whether to continue a Pentagon contract that pits wartime security against his principles of government accountability and frugality, the New York Times reports. The 2003 project to replace the decades-old Marine One fleet has nearly doubled in price to $11...   Read full story »

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