{"id":4707,"date":"2012-01-04T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2012-01-04T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T23:36:54","slug":"obama-futher-compromises-global-stability-for-pretense-of-50000-us-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=4707","title":{"rendered":"Obama further compromises global stability for pretense of 50,000 US jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>White House Announces Sale of $30B Worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Sara Sorcher &#8211; 29 December, 2011 &#8211; National Journal<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced the sale of almost $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in the latest sign of U.S. concern about Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Washington and its Persian Gulf ally signed a formal agreement to send 84 new Boeing F-15 jets to Saudi Arabia, and upgrades for 70 more already in the Saudi fleet, Deputy Press Secretary Joshua Earnest said in a statement. The deal, valued at $29.4 billion, will also include munitions, spare parts, training, maintenance and logistical support.<\/p>\n<p>Earnest said the deal would support more than 50,000 American jobs, engage 600 suppliers in 44 states, and provide $3.5 billion in annual economic impact to the U.S. economy. &#8220;This agreement reinforces the strong and enduring relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a strong Saudi defense capability as a key component to regional security,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama administration announced its plans last October to sell the aircraft and military hardware as part of a $60 billion deal over 10 years. <\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D4707&amp;text=Obama+further+compromises+global+stability+for+pretense+of+50%2C000+US+jobs&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Announces Sale of $30B Worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia By Sara Sorcher &#8211; 29 December, 2011 &#8211; National Journal The White House announced the sale of almost $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in the latest sign of U.S. concern about Iran&#8217;s nuclear program. In recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=4707#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[2046],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4709,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707\/revisions\/4709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}