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House Appropriators Agree to Cut A-10 Fleet; Bill Could Hit House Floor as Early as Next Week

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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

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House Appropriators Agree to Cut A-10 Fleet; Bill Could Hit House Floor as Early as Next Week

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

The House Appropriations Committee marked up its defense bill with little debate on what programs to actually fund, but it set the stage for a faceoff over the A-10 close-air support airplane when it voted again to retire the aging platform. The Air Force proposed the platform’s retirement and the Pentagon has stood by the decision since the administration submitted the president’s budget request in February. But first the House Armed Services Committee, and then the Senate Armed Services Committee,…

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