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Murtha Remains Opposed To EFV Flat-Bottom Design

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The House's top defense appropriator said he told Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway he remains opposed to the flat-bottom design of the service's long-delayed developmental amphibious vehicle. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) had previously joined House Armed Services Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee Chairman Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) in calling for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) to be redesigned to have a V-shaped bottom to deflect underbelly explosions. Taylor relented,…

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