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Murtha Meets With Japan, Air Force On F-22 Foreign Sales

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Friday, October 9th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The House's lead defense appropriator said he met with Japanese and Air Force officials this week to help the foreign nation figure out if it would buy Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-22 fighter jet if a legal ban on its export is lifted. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) told reporters yesterday he is still considering whether to allow in the final fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill a provision in the Senate-passed version that would pave…

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