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HASC Grills Gates, Mullen On Aircraft, Missile Defense Changes In Budget

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Thursday, May 14th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leaders yesterday defended their budget to House lawmakers, who questioned the analysis behind the defense proposal and its limitations on efforts including the C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA), the F-22 fighter jet, strike fighter inventories, and missile defense. Republicans delivered the harshest criticism of the Pentagon's overall approach to the fiscal year 2010 budget proposal during yesterday's House Armed Service Committee (HASC) hearing with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael…

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