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Mabus: Navy Exhausted All Options Before Deciding On EFV Cancellation

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Thursday, May 5th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz Despite criticisms from Capitol Hill, Navy and Marine Corps program officials exhausted all possible options in its review of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) before opting to cancel the troubled program, service secretary Ray Mabus said yesterday. Mabus noted the nearly 13-year gap between the time of the program's initiation in 1998 to its ultimate demise in 2010 was more than enough time to service program and acquisition officials to review all options for the General Dynamics…

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