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Army Will Be Absent For FCS Hill Hearing

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt Due to ongoing budget discussions the Army will not attend a House Armed Services Committee panel on Air and Land forces this afternoon about the status of its Future Combat System (FCS). Lawmakers are to receive testimony from three Government Accountability Office (GAO) officials on the Army's top modernization program. "The Army will not participate in the upcoming HASC hearing because its scope and focus are too closely aligned with ongoing, pre decisional budget and acquisition discussions…

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