Battle For The $40 Billion Tanker Contract

Mobile Northrop Grumman Congressman John Murtha said "We gotta have tankers and the sooner we get em the better." CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE NEWS CONFERENCE

by The Associated Press

Published: Thu, January 29, 2009 - 12:08 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 29, 2009 - 1:04 pm CST

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The chairman of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense, Rep. John Murtha, is visiting Mobile.
Alabama Reps. Jo Bonner and Artur Davis arranged the visit
Thursday so Murtha could discuss the military tanker refueling
project with business and community leaders in Mobile.
Davis said he and Bonner have been making the case for why
Mobile is the best city and Northrop Grumman/EADS is the best team
to build the tanker. The Boeing Co. is also competing for the $40
billion project.
The Air Force selected Northrop Grumman/EADS for the project
last year, but then it reopened the bidding after the Government
Accounting Office found flaws with the decision.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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rosepetal Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:21 pm

yes, that job thing is all a joke. i think even that was for public sympathy. i know someone who just got called back to work at boeing. its all show.

BamaBob Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Yeah, this is all for show. Ain’t no way this Democrat is going to tell the Democratic President from Chicago and the Democratic legislature that the tanker deal should go to Alabama and EADS. He is trying to speed this thing up for Boeing, because they keep cutting jobs. Politics as usual…. A Change We Can Believe In…..

rosepetal Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:09 pm

i noticed he said he still has to go to seattle.

BamaBob Says:

Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:08 pm

I don’t see Murtha doing much of anything if there is not something in it for him.