Lawmakers on both sides of the Air Force tanker contract dispute said their stances were not altered by reviewing yesterday a longer version of an auditor's report recommending reopening the bid process following a flawed award to a Northrop Grumman [NOC]-European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) team. "This sixty-seven page decision boils down to the fact that the Air Force ran a tanker competition that was neither transparent nor fair," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a supporter of losing tanker…
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