By Emelie Rutherford With the Government Accountability Office's decision on Boeing's [BA] protest of the Air Force tanker contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected this Thursday, lawmakers on both sides of the battle last week ramped up their rhetoric and eyed post-decision strategies. Boeing supporters have been very vocal on Capitol Hill, with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a Senate appropriator and member of her chamber's leadership, calling on the Senate floor as recently as last Wednesday for Congress to intervene…
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