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Appropriators Planning To Add Up to 14 C-17s To Spring Supplemental

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

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By Jen DiMascio Appropriators have an agreement to add the purchase of C-17s to a war funding bill that lawmakers will consider next year. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, said this week appropriators are looking to increase the size of purchases of several aircraft to bring down the price tag that includes 14 C-17 Globemasters made by Boeing [BA]. "We're going to buy in the supplemental, enough [C-]130s--we'll save $12 million per airplane.…

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