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Senate strips funding for F-22, giving Obama needed political boost

With some of his political capital on the line, President Barack Obama won a crucial victory Tuesday when the Senate voted to strip out $1.75 billion in financing for seven more F-22 jet fighters from a military authorization bill.

The president had repeatedly threatened to veto the $679.8....

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