A top congressional appropriator today said Defense Secretary Robert Gates will announce the way ahead for several major Defense Department weapon programs next week. "They say the secretary of defense is going to make some announcement about programs next week," House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-PA) told a handful of reporters following a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill. About an hour after Murtha made his comments, Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell tried to downplay any potential programmatic...
