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Pentagon Acquisition Czar Nominee Pledges Program Reviews, Defends Experience

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Friday, March 27th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Ashton Carter, President Obama's nominee for Pentagon acquisition czar, told lawmakers yesterday he has sufficient weapons-acquisition experience and is primed to launch a "program-by-program" review of current commitments to identify savings. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said he hopes the panel votes on the nomination of Carter and two other Pentagon nominees "as quickly as we possibly can," and the Senate takes it up before the congressional recess that begins April 4. If…

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