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Air Force

McKeon Calls For Reversing Cuts, Outlines Plans

Julie Samuel

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

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The head of a powerful committee vowed yesterday to fight defense budget cuts already set by Congress and boost funding for weapons programs including Navy ships. Just weeks before the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will write its version of the Pentagon policy bill, Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) outlined his military priorities yesterday during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. He described a “three-pillared philosophy towards revitalizing our military forces,” intended to reverse $487 billion…

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