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Air Force

DoD Appeals Vehicle, Ship Cuts In Auth Bills

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers' cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship programs, and combat radios. The second batch of "priority appeals" was received pon Capitol Hill late last week, days before House and Senate lawmakers are expected to meet this week to begin sorting out the differences in the fiscal year 2010 Pentagon policy-setting bills approved by each chamber. The Pentagon's…

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