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Pentagon Punts Air Force Decision to Next Administration
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ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Wednesday that he's decided it's not possible to get a new refueling tanker decision done by the end of the year, so he'll leave it up to the next administration to decide who should get the $35 billion contract for the badly needed planes.
He's canceling the heated competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS (Airbus), in favor of a new one to start next year.
Gates had set a goal of reaching a new decision by year's end, but there have been so many delays ever since the Pentagon issued its draft proposal and Boeing had threatened to drop out of the competition, altogether, that it's just not doable.
"Over the past seven years, the process has become enormously complex and emotional -- in no small part because of mistakes and missteps along the way by the Department of Defense," Gates said.
The secretary of defense also said that the competitive climate right now is just not conducive to carrying out a fair competition in the time frame he'd been hoping for.
"It is my judgment that, in the time remaining to us, we can no longer complete a competition that would be viewed as fair and objective in this highly charged environment. The resulting "cooling off" period will allow the next administration to review objectively the military requirements and craft a new acquisition strategy for the KC-X," Gates said.
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Sarah, I believe Obama called you a pig.
I believe he called me a pig.
I believe Obama called all women pigs.
We will never vote for him, EVER!!
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We are the ones no one was expecting.
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Posted by: HP Boston | Sep 10, 2008 11:40:50 AM
Another Bush Administration failure.... What's really amazing is that some people haven't yet figured out that the last eight years have been one policy failure after another--even while the rich were getting richer.
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HP (Head Pig) Boston you is what you is.
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PUMA,
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PUMA, PALIN, and any other PIGS ON THE WING,
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Posted by: Pink Floyd | Sep 10, 2008 10:12:42 PM
John McCain is 5% Maverick and 95% Bush League
Posted by: AZEDGE | Sep 11, 2008 9:19:10 PM
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