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Top Defense-Minded Lawmaker Receptive To EFV, F-35 Cuts

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By Emelie Rutherford Some of the Pentagon budget cuts Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed yesterday, related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an amphibious vehicle, have early support from a key lawmaker but are being criticized by others on Capitol Hill. Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young (R-Fla.) joined other key lawmakers by saying he has a lot of work to do analyzing proposed fiscal year 2012 budget cuts that Gates unveiled yesterday, weeks before the Pentagon plans to send it…

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