twenty two lockheed martin pulls air from the jets engine from presser feeding that straight to the pilot and all these factors could be possible reasons for the faulty oxygen system well let's take a look at the financial aspect here is the air force losing out by not using their favorite toy well the f.b.i. twenty two that make up half of the entire u.s. dog fighting flea and a price tag about four hundred twelve. million dollars per plane seems awfully wasteful just have them sitting on the ground doesn't it not to mention pilots who couldn't fly the jets for four months also risking losing their clearance to fly so now maybe you can understand a little bit better why the air force seemed so willing to risk the lives of their pilots to put the f. twenty two back in the air you know i think the air force has its priorities mixed up here if the problems of the grading system that twenty two were so bad they warranted grounding the fleet and they haven't been fixed or addressed the why are the f. twenty two flying why are you putting pilots lives in danger just so you can save money well

company lockheed martin and eight other countries. it has stealth capabilities enabling it to evade radar detection. the f-18 jet which has been in use by the u.s. navy since 2002 was developed by u.s. manufacturer boeing. and the eurofighter model was develop theed by four european countries. this fighter jet was employed by alternate during military operations in libya this year. in making their choice, the ministry plans to assess how japanese companies can be involved in the jet's production and maintenance as well as developing capabilities and establishing prices. the ministry plans to decide by the end of november. the new jets will replace the f-4 fighter jet. one of the self defense forces three combat planes. the model pro-introduced 40 years ago will be decommissioned in a few years. >>> u.s. and european fighter jet makers are competing fiercely to win the contract to sell their products to japan. the companies believe japan's decision will affect their ability to sell to brazil, turkey and other emerging economies. these

reporter: it's been a summer storm of pink slips, along with borders, bank of america, cisco, lockheed martin and goldman sachs have all recently announced mass layoffs. in fact, the latest numbers show mass l have jumped 3% this summer, with 145,000 people losing their jobs. however, in the past three years the number of mass layoffs has actually declined. good news, but economists say the numbers aren't falling fast enough. >> they really need to be coming down much more rapidly to make a real dent in unemployment. >> reporter: the numbernot fall fast enough for robert, he spent four years working for novell, one of utah's most prominent businesses. they laid off more than 800 people in may, sending shock waves through the stay. >> my boss called me into the office and told me you're one of the people that's to be laid off. >> reporter: he says he's lucky, he's getting severance pay. now he spends his days looking for work and working on his swing. at just 7.5%, utah's unemployment rate is lower than the national average. so robert is confident he'll find a new job. >> i think things are go

about military contractors all the time so here these numbers probably should be too shocking lockheed martin boeing north of grumman they've all about doubled their intake in government contracts since nine eleven lockheed for example doubling their contracts from fourteen point seven billion a year in two thousand and one to twenty eight billion last year lockett is also nearly doubled its share price in those years up to seventy per share in two thousand and ten and of course their net sales of spike from twenty four billion in two thousand and one to forty six billion in two thousand and ten so you can see these guys are making a killing thanks to the business of war but our bipartisan congress doesn't really seem to have a problem. but they're not the only once as nick turse from alter net and tom dispatch the great job disclosing there are plenty of civilian companies family friendly corporations but also in big now the top five names are b.p. that acts del kraft and pepsi now b.p. got over one billion dollars in contracts last year vets one point four billion dell over the past decade

this would have brought us jobs which we desperately need since these newer threats are made by lockheed martin cock about kind of the truth behind the politics here between these lawmakers getting involved and wanting the u.s. to sort of tip that scale and i mean the u.s. and china well with ross let me and we have actually someone stuck in time she is basically she doesn't want to have any dialogue with. cuba because she's a basically cuban from south florida so she's against any initiatives with the castro government and it looks like her policy to be china is going back to the old debate between nixon and kennedy in one thousand and sixty whether the u.s. will protect queen moyen matsu these people like cornyn and and ross let and robert menendez who's a democrat from new jersey i should add he's a member of that same cuba coalition that ileana ros leighton is a member of these are cold warriors but then again they're also the hold into the military industrial complex they want these french jobs been named as a new jersey court in taxes and where as a ross lightnin she is she is the chairma

standard of living but it also ensures an empire which is insatiable in terms of a contract that lockheed martin and others want to dominate the world it's just the opposite of defense and empire eventually bauer's its own people haters right and we need more people like him to highlight the dark road in america parked on post nine eleven. the bad washington's revolving door according to a new report by ledges storm over the last ten years fifty four hundred former congressional staffers and four hundred former well makers have gone on to become lobbyists not only that more than six hundred former lobbyists have gone on to work in congress as jock friendly but founder of the largest storm noted for every person the american people have elected the sponsor legislation of public benefit special interests have more than one former legislative advocate now working on the inside. that represents a large network of people to influence decisions and to provide valuable intelligence it also represents the erosion of our democracy we need to shut the revolving door on capitol hill for good and hold our l

which will be a standard missile three block the block to be just about a week and a half ago lockheed martin announced they're opening a new training facility in alabama to test that missile. what we're seeing is the potential for a new we know that last november at the nato summit in lisbon portugal that the military alliance indorse the american missile shield plan for europe whether we're talking about as a potential adjunct to a first strike so it's meaning that in the event that the united states and its nato allies would launch a what they would do it's described as a preemptive but in fact the first strike against a nation like russia the enter graded missile defense system is going to be in place to ensure that any missiles surviving that in their store could be knocked out by a connecticut or supplements this is the real danger of the system it is not their friends you know talk about north korea posing a missile threat to europe and having to place twenty four and some three interceptors in poland so just a sense of geography and trajectory that is you know beyond my ability to acc

words will be a standard missile three a block the block to be just about a week and a half ago lockheed martin announce they're opening a new earth training facility in alabama to test that missile. and what we're seeing is the potential for a new we know that last november in the middle some of those been for several military alliance and dorsy american missile shield and for europe whether we're talking about as a potential adjunct to a first strike so it's meaning that in the event that the united states and its nato allies would launch what they reckon it's described as a preamp and put them back or first strike against a show like russia be interfering with missile defense system is going to be and plans to ensure that any missiles surviving that in their store attack could be knocked out by a kinetic interceptor missile and this is the real danger of a system that is not the things we would talk about north korea posing a missile threat to europe and having to place forty four and some or three interceptors in poland see just a sense of geography and for there for you that is you know be

the biggest american defense contractors raking in each year here's some figures for twenty ten lockheed martin company building the f. thirty five fighter jets that are currently grounded received thirty eight billion worth of grumman thirty two billion and boeing brought in a little over twenty seven billion dollars from government business and we should also know all three of those companies have been penalized for some form of misconduct whether it be environmental violation or contract fraud so there you have it just a glimpse of all our federal dollars are really going right into the pockets of the contractors and the worst part is of course if the government wasn't in so tight with these companies we might actually be able to cut some of that government leaks in spending. now as the euro crisis continues to swell with some french banks being downgraded today and a greek default becoming a when not if we're seeing some rather interesting developments emerging economies might be stepping in italy and china have been arranging for the chinese to buy italian gaunts brazil's finance minister

companies like caci, lockheed martin, general dynamics, just all the old-fashioned, industrial "we're building ships and submarines"-type corporations quickly moved into the intelligence and information space. >> narrator: the nsa spent billions of dollars on more than 480 private companies. michael hayden led the effort in the days right after 9/11. >> hayden: i did it at nsa, george did it at... at cia. we... we all did it. it was a way to go out there and... and to get these capabilities into the flow infinitely more quickly than you would have been able to do had you gone through the government personnel system. >> narrator: in office parks near the nsa, thousands of private contractors-- many making much more money than federal employees-- help digest data. >> priest: this war was not a war that required a lot of tanks, a lot of fighter jets. it required information. and information flows in a different way and is... is analyzed by machines. >> narrator: exactly how much money the nsa was spending in the years after 9/11 is one of the government's most closely guarded secrets. th

and i would also point out that you can't just take the production line at lockheed martin and basically eliminate it because there are no further demands or contracts for f-16 sales. you'll have to basically -- all the personnel, the 2,300 people directly involved in those jobs will be reassigned or fired, let go, because there's no contracts in place as late as the fourth quarter of this year for new f-16's. i think looking at this down the road doesn't take into account the current loss of jobs or the problem of disbanding this production line which cannot easily be reconstituted if there are no contracts including the sale of these 66. with that, i would reserve the balance of my time and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: mr. president, could i inquiry what the allocation of time here? the senator from vermont has generously yielded me the opportunity to speak for a few moments. i want to make sure i don't get the situation mixed up here so that we have run out of time. what's the allocation? the presiding officer: the senator from florida,

and if you want it to be, $6 billion spent on these upgrades, northrop grumman, lockheed martin, a host of companies are going to benefit from that $6 billion and may benefit from the sale of weapons down the road. this is a policy issue. and the policy question is whether or not the president of taiwan can speak for taiwan or the senator from texas speaks for taiwan. the policy issue is whether or not we are going to be adequately meeting the needs of the t.r.a. and meeting the foreign policy priorities of an administration that it seems to me given the statement of the president of taiwan not only don't violate it but sustain the relationship of the t.r.a. i proudly voted for taiwan and supported taiwan every year i've been here for 26 years. i believe i'm voting for them today even as i oppose this amendment but support the administration's $6 billion program for upgrade, those 145 f-16's and maybe we'll sell them some others. the presiding officer: the senator's time has alapsed. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: just briefly, once

gannett announced 700 layoffs and lockheed martin is offering 6,500 employees a volunteer buyout. >>e enough oomf from the private sector, in terms of business spending from consumer who are not confident in spending, to keep thing rolling. >> reporter: not good news for the white house that is struggling to bring down unemployment. that appears stuck above 9%. interest renewed fears the united states may be heading into a second recession. the problem is many of the thing traditionally done to kick start the economy have already been done. we had a $790 billion stimulus program. the federal reserve has spent $2 trillion buying bonds to 34 cost of borrowing. we had a pay roll tax cut. the federal reserve has also kept interest rates near record lows, near 0%. we saw the extension of the bush tax cuts and even programs like cash for clunkers to help the auto industry. when it is all said and done, this is where we are. august 2011. zero jobs created. >> the president doesn't have any arrows left in his quiver. he has tried everything. nothing has worked. and i think both the american

there were many officials from lockheed martin alone in the bush administration.y wrote a new constitution for iraq and took the economy over. through freedom and democracy, they took over services, banking, agriculture, investment. the list goes on and on. but mostly it was for oil. we had our major oil corporations jawing oil and taking it to china and europe. we need to get some of these installations back home and get them on the mexican border. when we were raised we stayed within our budgets. the administration should stay within theirs. when you do not have enough money, it is not backed by any gold standard. you need to cut back and that starts in the government. we do not need to see how fast shrimp go on treadmills. host: let me add that tweet to that and get your response. guest: they are not paying attention to what is going on with missile technology, nuclear technology. we have proliferators like north korea and iran trying to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles and the nuclear technology to make warheads to put on those missiles. i do not th

they've got a huge new government contract along with lockheed martin.-- it's all about technology. >> dana: what about motorola? >> they're a company, they make -- this spun off this division. it's police radios. it's scanners at the grocery stores. it's focusing on businesses and they need not just engineers, but also people that can go in and work with companies about products they need, but it's all business focused. >> dana: striker is one. what are they looking for? >> striker makes medical devices. triathalon total knee is one of their most favorite products. steve doocy's wife has one. they need people to help with sales and also people that can do engineering. they've got to come up with new products to make our shoulders and knees work better because a lot of us do sports and injure ourselves. >> dana: last two, p and c, hiring over 1,000 positions. looking for branch manager, financial advisors and mortgage loan officers. >> this is the sixth largest bank in the country. this is bank jobs. this is managers and tellers. mortgages. i think it's

this group included john dohr, former lockheed martin c.e.o., and bill gates of microsoft. the american innovation energy council recently issued a report which stated as business leaders we believe this current energy system is deficient in a way that causes serious harm to our economy, our national security and our environment. to correct these deficiencies we must make a serious commitment to modernizing our energy system with cleaner and more efficient technologies. this republican house is an anchor that's dragging down the american economy. its continued obsession with austerity and opposition to any economic recovery programs including clean energy means america falls behind while china surges ahead. we cannot afford to let china and germany dominate industries such as clean technology. my simple amendment will establish a process to start restoring american leadership in this important sector for economic growth. rather than refueling commonsense standards, we need to focus on amendments like mine which support high-tech job growth. i ask my colleagues to support th

months we have witnessed major data breaches at sony, r.s.a., international monetary fund, and lockheed martinjust to name a few. it's not the masked person with the gun walking into a bank. it's somebody maybe sitting thousands, even another country away. and committing the crime. our government computer networks. we saw the hacking involving the senate, united states senate. also the central intelligence agency website. we can't ignore these threats. we can't ignore the impact of our privacy and security. as far as the committee will carefully examine the obama administration's proposals to prosecute cybercrime today. i do want to thank and commend the dedicated men and women at the departments of justice and homeland security and elsewhere across our government who are on the for what purpose doeslines of cybercrime. every day they are successfully investigating and disrupting growing threats to our cybersecurity. in july the f.b.i. announced it arrested more than a dozen individuals associated with a group of computer hackers called, obviously, anonymous, after the group launched a series

we witnessed major data breaches at sony, the international monetary fund, and lockheed martin, just to name a few. it is not a masked person with a gun walking into a bank. it is somebody sitting even another country away, committing the crime. our government computer networks have not been spared. there have been hacking incidents in the united states senate. also the central intelligence agency website. we can't ignore these threats. we can't ignore the impact on our privacy and security. that is why the committee will carefully examine proposals for new legal tools to outlaw, prosecute, and investigate cyber crime today. i want to commend the men and women at the department of justice and homeland security, and elsewhere across our government, who are on the front lines. every day, they are successfully investigating and disrupting a growing threats to our cyber security. in july, the fbi arrested more than a dozen individuals associated with a group of computer hackers called anonymous after the group launched a series of attacks on government and private networks. the secret se