Does She Have the Clout Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, has announced she will fight any effort to give Boeing’s work on the Future Imagery Architecture satellite program to Lockheed Martin. (DR, 09/26/05) Harman said that Boeing has admitted that “mistakes” were made on the program, but she said “those mistakes are now corrected.” She is concerned that such a move would be “heartbreaking for many tireless workers” in her Congressional district.
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan flew an unusual trilateral flight with two U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers escorted by two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, and two ROK Air Force KF-16 fighters—both countries’ respective variants of the F-16—July 11. That same weekend, the top military officers of the three nations…