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Marine Corps Humvees, MPCs Would Benefit From EFV Cancellation

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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon wants to invest some of the money it hopes to save by canceling the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) in vehicles including the Humvee and Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), according to aides briefed yesterday. Five days after Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed $178 billion in Pentagon budget cuts over the next five years, military service undersecretaries briefed yesterday a group of partially skeptical congressional aides on the details of those reductions. Gates wants to cancel the…

Congress

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