By Marina Malenic Congressional supporters of the Pentagon's plan to end procurement of C-17 Globemaster cargo haulers said yesterday that the expected slowdown in U.S. defense spending as well as the country's mounting budget deficit could finally help end lawmakers' multiyear streak of adding unwanted C-17's to the department's annual weapons buy. "This is a fight worth having," said Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). "The current environment could lend itself to prevailing over the appropriators and putting an end to excess…
McCain: Fiscal Environment Could Help Final Push To End C-17 Buys
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