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Battle Lines Being Drawn On Hill Over Tanker Split Buy

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By Emelie Rutherford A battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over whether to compel the Pentagon to buy aerial refueling tankers from each of the two firms battling for the Air Force contract, with influential lawmakers falling on both sides of the debate. While powerful House members including Reps. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) have advocated a tanker split buy be pursued this year, backers of Boeing's [BA] tanker bid including Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are digging in…

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