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Monday, August 24th, 2009

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense C-17 Call. Eighteen senators request funding for a dozen more Boeing C-17 cargo haulers, which are not in the Pentagon's budget proposal, in an Aug. 20 letter to Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The duo will unveil their panel's fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill after the August recess. "First and foremost, the C-17 has been critical in transporting troops…

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