P.M. BRIEFING : Accounting of B-2 Program Urged
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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said today that recent data on the B-2 stealth bomber indicates that the cost of the program may have risen to about $75 billion.
Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.) said the estimated cost may have risen by about $17 billion over the last two years, and he urged Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to declassify as much information as possible on the program to build radar-evading bombers.
“A straightforward accounting of the B-2’s cost, schedule, capabilities and management would contribute to the program’s creditability and accountability,” Aspin said in a two-page letter to Cheney.
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