Major weapons programs including the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, the Army's Future Combat System vehicles and the Air Force's F-22A fighter face the prospect of big cuts in the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations bill, but the Pentagon is asking Congress for leniency. The Defense Department sent a 166-page appeals package to Capitol Hill this month, launching a last-ditch effort to persuade House and Senate appropriators to reconsider the proposed cuts. Inside the Pentagon obtained a copy of the package, which...
