Led by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, Floridas congressional delegation sent a letter to President Barack Obama assailing the administration's proposed 2011 budget for NASA.
The lawmakers' letter expressed concern that the plan NASA has laid out fails to provide a manageable transition of the workforce and is likely to repeat the mistakes that plagued Florida at the end of the Apollo program which resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs and serious adverse economic hardships for the state.
There's been no love lost between the president and the Brevard County Republican, who's been branded a "birther" for his early, persistent questioning of Obama's birth certificate -- or lack thereof. Posey has introduced legislation that would require all future presidents to submit a verified copy of their birth certificate as a condition of taking office.
