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SASC Questions Air Force Comptroller Candidate About Plans For Long Range Strike

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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

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The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday considered four Defense Department civilian nominations including a candidate for to be the next Air Force comptroller. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) asked John Gibson, the current deputy under secretary of defense for management reform in the Pentagon comptroller's office, whether he would support a proposed funding spike for Next Generation Long Range Strike in 2011. Thune represents the state that houses Ellsworth AFB, which is home to about half of the nation's B-1 bomber…

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