Evendale

Three years ago in Evendale, Ohio, there was an unusual program of celebration to dedicate the new headquarters of the Aircraft Gas Turbine Division of the General Electric Company.

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He said most freshmen were receptive to his argument, save those from Indiana and Ohio, where the GE project — in the Cincinnati suburb of Evendale — gives a direct boost to the economy.

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The engine program supports about 1,000 jobs at the GE Aviation plant in Evendale, Ohio, near Boehner's home district.

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Ted Strickland and other political leaders at the Evendale plant to rally for the second engine.

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GE has produced military jet engines at Evendale for decades — the company acquired the plant in the late 1940s to meet demand during the early Cold War — and GE officials acknowledge that losing funds for the project would drive them out of the fighter-engine business.

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" We can ' t play any local hand at all here, " said David Joyce, president and chief executive of GE Aviation, the unit headquartered at Evendale.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates drew a line this year, saying he would recommend the president veto any bill that continues funding for the second engine, which General Electric Co. is developing with Rolls Royce PLC at GE ' s Evendale plant.

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Meanwhile, everyone in Evendale sticks to the same sheet of music, even in unscripted settings.

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Mr. Boehner grew up in Reading, just down the road from Evendale; his congressional district abuts Hamilton County, where the plant is located; and he is on the record as a supporter of the second engine.

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This scene is on I-71, where there has been a bank robbery just north of Cincinnati in Evendale.

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