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Thornberry: NDAA to Include ‘Significant Amount’ of Acquisition Reform Language

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

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Thornberry: NDAA to Include ‘Significant Amount’ of Acquisition Reform Language

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

As the House Armed Services Committee prepares to roll out the first subcommittee markups of the National Defense Authorization Act later this afternoon, HASC chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the NDAA will contain a “substantial amount” of acquisition reform, he told reporters on April 21.Thornberry unveiled his acquisition reform legislation at the end of March and has since been receiving feedback on how to adjust the language before its inclusion into the defense authorization bill. The reform legislation can’t fix…

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