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Thornberry Wants Acquisition Reform to Help Limited Defense Dollars Go Further

Mai Hanoon

Thursday, November 14th, 2013

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With terrorism and cyber threats evolving every single day, the military and Congress need the agility to respond or stay ahead of the threats. But House Armed Services intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said several hurdles -- a cumbersome acquisition process and a series of budget crises among them -- are slowing down the military and vowed to spend the next several months trying to address those challenges. Thornberry said in an Oct. 30 interview…

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