U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told senior lawmakers on Thursday that he will terminate the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, said Rep. Bill Young, a Florida Republican. The amphibious vehicle is made by General Dynamics Corp.
The cut is part of Gates’s plan to save $178 billion from the Pentagon budget over the next 5 years, said Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the California Republican who is the new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
McKeon spoke to reporters after Gates briefed members of Congress on the fiscal 2010 budget.
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