Reply #2: This isn't from a week ago, but might be what the guy is talking about.

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http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/4058-obama-cuts-target-465m-ge-rolls-royce-engine

The Pentagon will scrap $465 million in funding for the Joint Strike Fighter alternative engine in a move sure to roil supporters in Congress.

President Obama singled out the elimination of the engine’s funding in remarks Thursday on the budget, which proposes $17 billion in cuts. About half of those cuts come to defense programs, most of which were previously announced.

Obama said the alternative engine built by General Electric and Britain’s Rolls-Royce is one of several “unnecessary defense programs that do nothing to keep us safe.” He also noted the Pentagon has resisted funding for the engine for years.