Word: tankerous
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin knew the 2003 Boeing Air Force tanker deal was a rotten, overpriced plan, but he was not supposed to say so. As head of the Congressional Budget Office, he had a simple job: crunch numbers, avoid policy disputes. But one day at a September 2003 Senate hearing, John McCain asked him directly: Do you think the deal should be approved...
...Holtz-Eakin replied, as his staff released a collective gasp of horror. Eventually, the tanker deal collapsed under a cloud of scandal, further cementing the bond between the Arizona politician and the Princeton-trained economist. "He got me," says Holtz-Eakin, remembering McCain's question. "I liked that...
...Disaster Re-Examined It has been almost two decades since the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in which a tanker dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. Now after a lengthy legal battle over one of the most environmentally disastrous events in U.S. history, the Supreme Court is hearing Exxon's appeal. A look back at the case...
...million GALLONS OF OIL SPILLED The tanker was carrying a total of 53 million gallons...
Which Democrat's platform most resembles your own? They're very similar on the major issues... In a strange way McCain is actually tougher on military contracting fraud. Do you remember how he almost singlehandedly took on that Boeing $19 billion tanker contract boondoggle? The Democrat candidates aren't talking about military contractor fraud and their records are ones of looking the other way in the Senate. But Obama and Clinton, the reason why they're scrapping on personality issues, 'You used this word, you used that word,' is because they're so similar...