Congressman John Murtha will be in town with Bonner and Artur Davis of Bham to show him our plans for the tanker including site visits and meetings with people from EADS and our local governemnt. Murtha is the chair of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee and would be a great person to have on our side. He also will check out Austal while he is here since they are doing some Navy work. Sounds like our entire congressional delegation (Rep and Dem) is working together to make sure the state lands this deal. Glad to see that Davis is backing us because he does not represent our area yet he sees the benefits to supporting projects statewide. He also is big buddies with President Obama, which cant hurt.
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