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HASC Leaders Write Gates About Army Abrams, Bradley, Stryker Funding

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Top House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members this week expressed their concerns to Defense Secretary Robert Gates about Army funding in fiscal year 2010 for Abrams, Stryker and Bradley combat vehicles, in favor of funding the Future Combat Systems program. Abrams and Stryker are produced by General Dynamics [GD], Bradley by BAE Systems. The Sept. 29 letter is concerned that "dramatically reducing funding for those vehicles could lead to termination of the existing Abrams tank multiyear contract.…

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