According to a recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, Americans say the President and Congress should make the issues of terrorism and Iraq their two highest priorities for 2006. More than half the Americans polled in mid-December placed these two issues in the “extremely important” category. The poll’s other six issues, in rank order, were healthcare costs, the economy, Social Security, gas and home heating prices, controlling illegal immigration, and immigration.
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.