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Pentagon Tells Congress It Will Cancel CrusaderGun
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Pentagon Tells Congress It Will Cancel Crusader Gun
May 8, 2002 1:44 pm EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department notified Congress Wednesday that it will cancel the Army's next generation Crusader artillery gun program, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke told Reuters.
Clarke said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz called key members of the House and Senate during the day to inform them of the formal decision to scrap the controversial $11 billion program and instead develop more high-tech weaponry for the years ahead.
"He started calling them today to inform them of the decision to cancel," Clarke told Reuters ahead of an afternoon news conference by Wolfowitz and Army Secretary Thomas White to discuss the decision.
The Crusader is built by United Defense Industries Inc. Share prices of UDI have plunged sharply over the past week on news of the move. http://i1img.com/images/reuters/mdf24980.jpg
http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,119359|top|05-08-2002::13:50|reuters|1,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
May 8, 2002 1:44 pm EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department notified Congress Wednesday that it will cancel the Army's next generation Crusader artillery gun program, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke told Reuters.
Clarke said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz called key members of the House and Senate during the day to inform them of the formal decision to scrap the controversial $11 billion program and instead develop more high-tech weaponry for the years ahead.
"He started calling them today to inform them of the decision to cancel," Clarke told Reuters ahead of an afternoon news conference by Wolfowitz and Army Secretary Thomas White to discuss the decision.
The Crusader is built by United Defense Industries Inc. Share prices of UDI have plunged sharply over the past week on news of the move. http://i1img.com/images/reuters/mdf24980.jpg
http://www.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,119359|top|05-08-2002::13:50|reuters|1,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878