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Reps Rally For FY 2014 Lakota Funding

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 10th, 2013

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U.S. Representatives from Texas, Joe Barton (R) and Marc Veasey (D) joined leaders of American Eurocopter, EADS North America and Turbomeca USA at a Friday rally calling on Congress to restore funding for the Army’s UH-72A Lakota helicopter in the Fiscal Year 2014 budget. The rally took place at EADS North America’s American Eurocopter facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, which employs more than 600 people. American Eurocopter performs all engineering changes for Lakota modifications and upgrades in Grand Prairie, and…

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