John McCain: “So we are talking about the $8 to $9 billion, a billion dollars a…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2010

So we are talking about the $8 to $9 billion, a billion dollars a year, and then the costs of retiring and not keeping perfectly good assets.

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McCain highlights the financial implications of retiring functional aircraft.

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