The Alternative Was to Self-Finance After Inheriting the Earth

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The Alternative Was to Self-Finance After Inheriting the Earth
“Meek Raises $1.5 Million for Fla. Senate Race”–headline, Associated Press, April 1

Reliable Sources
“President Obama’s European visit this week has strained Air Force heavy-airlift capabilities and obliged the military to hire more foreign contractors to help resupply U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, according to military sources,” the Washington Times reports:

The large delegation traveling with the president in Europe required moving several transports, including jumbo C-5s and C-17s, from sorties ferrying supplies to Afghanistan to European bases for the presidential visit, said two military officials familiar with the issue. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid any misunderstanding with White House officials.

It sounds as though what they were trying to avoid was not a misunderstanding, but White House officials’ understanding who was complaining to the press. 

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