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"What the General meant to say was..." This Henny Youngmanish one-liner has probably been around the military for as long as there have been general officers and those that endeavor to protect them from themselves. I am not picking on generals because certainly we all misspeak from time to time; it is just that generals and presidents do it more often in public forums.

In the case that follow s, my Dear Watson, it w as the president of the United States w ho misspoke. Now , bottom line upfront, before irreparable damage is done, it is time for one of his henchmen to standup and have the fortitude to say, "What the president meant to say w as..."

I am referring to a speech President Obama made in February 2009 and budget recommendations he made in May 2009 when he referred to military systems that are "obsolete and should be cancelled or terminated" in order to save funding for the military.  In the vernacular w e call these programs, obsolete or not, bill payers. In this case the president received some bad advice w hen
he referred to Loran-C as one of those programs.

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