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McHugh Tapped For Army Sec; Three Eye HASC RM Spot

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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is emerging as a frontrunner to take over the spot of House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member from John McHugh (R-N.Y.), whom President Obama said yesterday he will nominate to be the Army secretary. Also atop the list of potential HASC ranking member replacements are Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), the committee's most-senior Republican after McHugh and ranking member of its Air and Land Forces subcommittee, and Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Calf.), who…

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