State Fed Leaders: Air Tanker Contract Should Go to Boeing
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Awarding the $35 billion contract for the Air Force’s refueling tankers to Boeing Co. is the clear choice for “investing in American workers, American knowledge, American security, and America’s future,” the presidents of 10 AFL-CIO state federations say in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The letter, sent last week, urges the Pentagon to consider the impact on the U.S. economy and national security in deciding which company should receive the lucrative Air Force refueling tanker contract.
In September 2008, Gates, who also was George W. Bush’s defense chief, announced he was canceling the competition for the refueling tankers and leaving it to the next administration to decide. Gates said the competition between Boeing Co. and European-based EADS/Northrop Grumman was “too controversial” to be settled during the last four months of the Bush administration.
Screen Actor Members Help Create Care Packages for U.S. Troops
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More than three dozen Screen Actors (SAG) members, including several veterans of USO troop tours, joined some 400 workers from Northrop Grumman’s operation in Southern California last month to stuff personal care packages for U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and other overseas deployments.
Nancy Sinatra, who first entertained U.S. troops in Vietnam on the legendary Bob Hope USO tours, said:
Every time we send out one of these packages, I think about where they are going….And I always hope and pray that the person receiving the package will be able to come home.
