By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee told senior Army leaders he predicts election-year politics will make passing a defense spending bill for fiscal year 2009 very difficult, if not impossible. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) also alluded to a request that he has made in the past about accelerating near-term pieces of the Future Combat System (FCS). "I don't know if we're going to get a bill," Murtha said, adding that a continuing resolution would hamper…
Murtha: Election-Year Politics May Stand In Way of Defense Bill
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