Posted on 05/14/2006 10:15:51 AM PDT by fallujah-nuker
White House threatens Buy American veto
WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- The White House Thursday threatened to veto the House versions of the 2007 defense authorization bill.
The White House took the action because of a series of "buy American" provisions.
The White House contends that the prohibition on purchasing foreign goods for the U.S. military will cause "irreparable damage" to U.S. efforts to build alliances and coalitions.
One of the prohibitions bars procurement from any entity that has exported or transferred certain items linked to the U.S. Munitions List to the People's Republic of China.
The White House argues the legislative provisions "undermine the longstanding U.S. policy -- repeatedly affirmed by Congress -- to open U.S. procurement markets to suppliers from allied and friendly countries that open their procurement markets to U.S. suppliers."
"These sections could jeopardize our military readiness when our objective should be to enhance our ability to get the best capability for the warfighter at the best value for the taxpayer. Such provisions would restrict U.S. suppliers' access to foreign markets; would decrease competition; increase costs for U.S. taxpayers; and unnecessarily add red tape to the procurement process," the Office of Management and Budget said in a press release Thursday, as the House debated amendments to the $440 billion bill setting the Pentagon's budget plan for fiscal year 2007.
Two sections in the bill would preclude Department of Defense suppliers from purchasing "virtually any foreign made commercial items, components or materials, such as information technology products, commercial aircraft, and commercial aircraft engines," according to OMB.
"If the president is presented a bill that includes such provisions, his senior advisers will recommend he veto the bill," OMB warned.
Please entertain us some more!
thou shalt not bait the bush bots!
Globalism is alive, well and growing.
he wants to veto buying american what country is he president of again?
"he wants to veto buying american what country is he president of again?"
Never would have thought I'd see the day an American president was against buying American.
The New World Order is going to fail without alliances and coalitions that can maintain control over the effectiveness of the US military. They must be able to reduce the United States to a non combatant that shall only go to war when authorization is issued by the United Nations.
Without UN control over key weapon supplies, the United States will be able to attack other countries or defend itself. This independence of the United Nations must be not permitted!
"If the president is presented a bill that includes such provisions, his senior advisers will recommend he veto the bill," OMB warned.
President Bush,
Have you ever heard of Benedict Arnold? You are starting to look a lot like him! Clean out those goddam traitors you have in your administration ASAP!
We had a problem with Buy American during the Vietnam war.
As a construction engineer employed by the Navy in the Phillippines , I know the problems it caused.
Projects were delayed for a time because cement (used to make concrete for those of you who are AP vocabulary stylebook impaired) was in short supply. We finally got a shipload from Singapore and i to this day don't know how it was aquired.
We also had problems with rebar. No rebar, no concrete no POL storage tank foundations.
There were lots of minor items.....stuff used for testing in our laboratories for instance that was available locally but often in short supply because of the law.
My wife has offices in a building adjacent to the largest explosive manufacturing plant in the country. It is run by a British defense company.....BAE. Buy American sounds good but it can be a a plague when you are at the end of a pipeline that can't deliver.
He understands the present which you obviously do not.
Well gee how come don't you dump on the people who buy Toyotas or Mercedes or people who use foreign born labor to build a basement theater in their house, ala tom tancredo.
It's called economic micromanagement by elites, used and proclaimed by marxists and buchanan/tancredoites.
Glad to see the President has a little backbone left in him.
And there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Funny how the "Real Conservatives" are all pissed about Federal Spending, Govt Regulations and micromanagement of the Economy right up to the point someone pushes one of their ignorance based emotional hot buttons, then they demand the Govt micromanage EVERYTHING and spend endlessly to gratify their own rabid paranoia and gutlessness.
Gee amazing how totally afraid of the whole world you people are. Guess you don't realize they are smarter then you. None of them have ANY interest in moving into your trailer park.
Was that English?
And We's the Peoples promise to be good little chilluns. We jus wants to serve the highers, such as Kofi. Sarcasm
Bravo Johnnie, bravo. I had high expectations, and as usual, you exceeded them. Well do my keyboard maestro!
Free trade bump
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