Bush Said to Undermine Process on Huge Boeing Defense Contract: "Bush really hoped something could be worked out, Card told others, according to a participant in the internal deliberations. And with Card's intervention, obstacles to the deal eventually fell away. Vehement objections raised by OMB and Pentagon budget analysts -- that the planes were too expensive and that leasing would set a bad precedent -- were muted or withdrawn.
Card's intervention was but one fruit of a two-year lobbying campaign, mounted jointly by the Air Force and Boeing, that has brought the $21 billion to $25 billion deal within one congressional hurdle of being passed."
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