Cargo jet funding.The C-17 cargo jet program in Long Beach got a boost last week when U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein helped convince the Senate's supplemental appropriations panel to approve $227 million in emergency funding. Earlier this year, $100 million was approved in a House supplemental appropriations bill. "The C-17 is the cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of our nation's ability to move personnel and equipment around the world," said the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Democrat in a statement. "I hope that this funding is the first step in ensuring that more C-17s will be built in the coming years." The Air Force has sought to phase out the Boeing Co. program, which employs 6,500 people at its Long Beach assembly line and an estimated 16,700 people county wide. There is no funding in the defense budget to keep the factory open beyond 2008 when the last plane is scheduled to be delivered. Jack Kyser, the chief economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Economic Development Corp., said that the project's best chance for survival could be what he called the current "modus operandi [Latin, Method of working.] A term used by law enforcement authorities to describe the particular manner in which a crime is committed. The term modus operandi is most commonly used in criminal cases. It is sometimes referred to by its initials, M.O. " of Congress--backing a series of emergency funding allocations, rather than approving longer-term funding. "Reality is starting to set in up in Washington," he said. "The C-17s are racking up more hours than they initially planned for over in Iraq and Afghanistan and there's now a scramble To encode (encrypt) data in order to make it indecipherable without having a secret key to "unlock" it. The term came from the early days of cryptography which camouflaged analog transmissions with secret frequency patterns. to get more built. Getting funding like this may be the best and most effective way to keep the jets rolling out in Long Beach from here on out." |
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