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Lawmaker Seeks Army Input On Earmarks

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Friday, February 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford A member of a powerful defense panel in Congress is trying to garner the Army's feedback on reforming lawmakers' practice of earmarking funds in legislation for specific military items. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a minority-side member of the earmark-friendly House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D), said he will ask a senior Army official in writing to spell out "the goods and the bads of earmarks." "Because (earmarking) has got to snarl up the system," Kingston told Defense Daily.…

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