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Senate Panel Approves Young As Next Pentagon Acquisition Chief

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Friday, November 16th, 2007

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday gave the green light to John Young to become the next chief weapons buyer for the Pentagon, approving a nomination that was brought to the panel in early October. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), SASC chairman, told Defense Daily recently that while he did not have a hold on the nomination, he had additional questions for Young regarding information sharing between Congress and the Defense Department. Young was previously the Director of Defense Research…

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