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Air Force

Lingering Tanker Worries Keep Carter Vote Stalled

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Two senators blocking a vote to confirm Ashton Carter as Pentagon acquisition czar said this week they will not back down without further assurance the Pentagon will judge a new aerial-refueling tanker competition on a "best value" basis. Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) both put holds on Carter's confirmation in the Senate early this month over concerns with how the Pentagon will assess a Northrop Grumman [NOC]-European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) team's…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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