More sub talk today....

The U.S. House of Representatives will take up the Defense Authorization Bill today, and it is expected to pass. Included in the measure is the authorization to spend an additional $588 million for the advance procurement of materials needed to begin building two subs a year. (It's the check that hasn't been signed.)

Later this afternoon, I'll be a onference call with Congressman Joe Courtney and EB President John Casey talking about that. (A mre detailed story will appear in Friday's paper).

But there is a better story coming out of EB today. Workers there are holding a fundraising luncheon. They're trying to raise enough money to send over 3,000 pounds of school materials to a soldier in Iraq who has a program going with Iraqi schools. I'll have more on that in tomorrow's paper as well.