Mississippi money

IS THEIR ANY PORK IN THIS DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL?

 
STEVEN A. McCALEB
103 ALVERADO DRIVE
LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI 39560
PHONE & FAX: (228)-868-8428
E-MAIL: MCCALEB5THDIST@AOL.COM
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The defense appropriations bill that Congress passed Thursday will have an impact in Mississippi, including the following appropriations (amounts rounded off):

$2.97 billion for three Aegis-class destroyers, two of which would be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. The third ship would be built by Bath Iron Works in Maine.

$267 million for continued development of the LHD-8 amphibious assault ship, which would allow the Navy to award Ingalls a contract to begin building it.

$90 million for a C-130J transport aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base.

$28 million for defense research and development programs at various Mississippi universities.

$4 million to upgrade the airfield lighting at Naval Air Station Meridian.

$3.2 million for Combat Simulation Center Trainer upgrades and for maintenance and repair of key roads leading to training areas at Camp McCain in Grenada.

$3 million for naval oceanographic research programs at the Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command at Stennis Space Center.

$1.8 million for the Gulf States Counterdrug Initiative.

$1.4 million for the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy in Meridian.

- THE SUN HERALD