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Gates Floats Idea of Two Pres Helos As Lawmakers Call For Salvaging VH-71

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Thursday, May 21st, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday it is "worth pursuing" developing two versions of a replacement presidential helicopter, as lawmakers and a government-watchdog group called for salvaging some of the VH-71 program the Obama administration wants to ax. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.), Vice Chairman Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), and member Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) asked Gates during a budget hearing if any of the VH-71 presidential helicopters built for the first of two planned…

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