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Past DoD Earmarks, VH-71 In McCaskill’s Sights For New Contracting Panel

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Monday, March 23rd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is preparing to launch multiple investigations of Pentagon contracting, and has started by requesting data on how congressionally earmarked funds for defense projects have been spent in recent years. McCaskill, the head of a new contracting-oversight subcommittee, also told Defense Daily late last week the presidential helicopter replacement program could be an early topic the panel tackles in hearings. The senator said that while her nascent subcommittee--the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs…

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