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On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
Well, how can you testify, with all due respect, that you are confident that the per-unit will not rise when you cannot tell us what countries will be buying more of the aircraft?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal questions the confidence in F-35 cost projections without knowing buyer countries.

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