For a few weeks this summer, it appeared that Congress might extend the F-22 fighter program, despite Pentagon calls to kill it. Then came President Obama's anti-Raptor offensive, featuring veto threats, arm-twisting, and more.rnFire and brimstone rained down on lawmakers supporting the use of $1.75 billion to sustain F-22 production. The Senate, duly cowed, voted July 21 to stop production. The House backed down on July 30. Congress quickly moved on to the task of finding $2 billion in "cash for clunkers" funding.rnFor F-22 backers, this is truly a time for gallows humor. The F-22 program is dead, stopped at only 187 fighters. With this editorial, we come to bury the Raptor, not praise it.
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