By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' plan to cancel the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) and replace it with three related vehicle efforts is not a done deal, as far as one key congressman is concerned. House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee Chairman Todd Akin (R-Mo.) said yesterday naval officials did not give him the information he wanted about its EFV cancellation plans during a briefing last week. Thus, he said he hopes to put language in the fiscal…
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