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Army

Odierno Wants Increased Service Chief Involvement In Weapon Acquisition

Pat Host

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

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Odierno Wants Increased Service Chief Involvement In Weapon Acquisition

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--The Army's top officer wants service chiefs to have more involvement and broader input into the weapon acquisition process.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Wednesday he'd like for service chiefs "actually get authority" in areas where they are part of the approval authority. Odierno said chiefs currently influence acquisition, including funding, priorities and decisions, "through personality," but still have "no authority." Odierno doesn't want service chiefs to replace the acquisition executives, but he said he believes increased service chief…

Congress

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