Lockheed Martin CEO Meets With Trump, Says New Jobs Coming to Fort Worth
January 13, 2017
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Friday, and emerged from the meeting promising to reduce the costs of the company's signature fighter plane and to add 1,800 jobs at its Fort Worth facility.
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House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry of Clarendon backs the plane, as does fellow committee member U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat. U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are vocal F-35 advocates as well.