By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that one of his priorities as he continues on in his capacity in the Obama administration will be to reexamine how his department goes about purchasing big-ticket weapon systems. "Given our experience of the past year or so...we need to take a very hard look at the way we go about acquisition and procurement," Gates told reporters at his first Pentagon press conference since accepting President-Elect Barack Obama's request to remain…
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