Yesterday's Washington Examiner reports that the White House has threatened Senator Ben Nelson with the closure of Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base if the Senator does not vote for the current healthcare legislation. Senator Nelson opposes the federal funding of abortion, which is included in the bill.
The blog at the Weekly Standard reports:
"...Offutt is the headquarters for US Strategic Command, the successor to Strategic Air Command, and not by accident. STRATCOM was located in the middle of the country for strategic reasons. Its closure would be a massive blow to the economy of the state of Nebraska, but it would also be another example of this administration playing politics with our national security."
This is not the way honest people who love this country do business.
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