By Andrea Shalal and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator John McCain’s voice just got a whole lot louder. One of President Barack Obama’s noisiest detractors, McCain is expected to take the helm of the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled U.S. Senate when the U.S. Congress convenes in January. The Arizona senator, a critic of the $399 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, is likely to push for tougher congressional scrutiny of costly U.S. weapons programmes, defence analysts say. …
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