High-ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to examine the ramifications of a proposal to significantly reduce funding for Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and Stryker vehicles in order to boost the budget of the Future Combat Systems starting in fiscal year 2010. "[W]e are not comfortable that the Army knows enough about the likelihood of the FCS program delivering manned ground vehicles on schedule to make such dramatic changes in vehicle investment...
