"John Smith" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Oh, and in case you didn't hear: The president will be choppered around
in a European design Marine One shortly, too.

Yep, just goes to show that even foreign contractors cannot produce on
time and on price.
Of course, it the US government would issue a contract and stick to the
terms of the the contract instead of changing the terms immediately,
things probably could be produced on time and on budget by the
contractor.


rotfl