The Obama administration is opposing a measure in a Pentagon spending bill that would ban private contractors from military interrogations. The provision calls interrogations an “inherently governmental function” that “cannot be transferred to contractor personnel.” Obama has also threatened to veto the bill if it includes a $1.75 billion provision for the purchase of additional F-22 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin. Obama wants to cap the number of F-22s at 187, but several lawmakers are pushing for funding construction of another seven planes.