Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth -- who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that controls the flow of foreign aid -- issued a tough statement tonight calling it time to cut off U.S. assistance to Egypt, where the authoritarian government has been cracking...

The blame lies with the military and Lockheed Martin, he said. To stop production of the F-35 now after finally getting the kinks worked out would make no sense, Graham said. Dicks, who founded the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus in November...

Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. , calls the F-35 "the big enchilada," the most advanced stealth aircraft in the world and a great investment in U.S. national security. Dicks, who founded the Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus in November with...

But Gary Hentz, director of tactical aviation programs for Lockheed Martin, said the number might be much higher because of the ripple effect. Ive talked to some suppliers that have over 10 suppliers themselves, he said. In November, Dicks and...

III. But when the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed, the F-22 became a plane without a mission. The Pentagon purchased only 187 of the 750 aircraft that it planned to buy, and then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended the program in 2009. ...

"I look forward to that process playing itself out in the coming months," he said. "Our ultimate goal is to elect a Republican president in 2012 and I will be all in to help our nominee." The Romney campaign announced endorsements late last week from...