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Bill Nearing House Floor Requests Multiple Army Vehicle Assessments

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford House authorizers want the Army to examine its plans for ground-combat and tactical-wheeled vehicles as Congress prepares to send the Pentagon billions of dollars for developing and buying sundry vehicles. The House is slated tomorrow to begin debating the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill. The measure now calls on the Army to craft a tactical-wheeled vehicle acquisition strategy and reexamine its ground-combat vehicle plans, according to the House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) newly filed report on…

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