Murtha presses foward on tankers

The chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee plans to use the upcoming war emergency supplemental bill to jumpstart the aerial tanker program. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., advocates splitting the purchase between Boeing, which would build them in Washington State, and the Northrop Grumman/EADS team, which would build them in Mobile, Ala. Murtha has been working on a proposal that would fund two tankers to be built a month, instead of just one, as initially projected. (Source: The Hill, 03/12/09)