07/02/2008
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"It took almost 2 years after breaking the MDAP threshold for AAG to be elevated to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition."
"Who made the decision to proceed with simultaneous design and production of the AAG even though problems with the water twister were discovered late in the development process?"
"The only change to the program that Congress insisted upon was instituting a legislative cost cap on the three ships in the program."
"I wonder if maybe we should make that a standard procedure here in defense contracting."