Murtha delays tanker split proposal

The Mobile Press-Register is reporting that language to force the Pentagon to buy tankers from both Boeing and Northrop Grumman won’t be included in this year's supplemental war spending bill. The newspaper says Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said he was abandoning his push to add language, but that he intends to make another push for the dual buy later this year. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 05/01/09; Wall Street Journal story on the topic) Gulf Coast note: Northrop Grumman and its partner, EADS, plan to assemble the tankers in Mobile, Ala., if they win the contract.