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FCS Hearing Delayed Because of Abercrombie’s Illness

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford A House subcommittee postponed a hearing scheduled for yesterday on the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program because the panel's chairman is sick. The hearing will be rescheduled, though no new hearing date had been set as of Defense Daily's deadline yesterday. The new FCS session is unlikely to fall this week, when many congressional hearing rooms are reserved. Army and defense-industry officials had traveled to Capitol Hill for the 3 p.m. House Armed Services Air and…

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