03/03/2010
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"If I may, gentlemen, I'd like to follow-up on Senator Hutchison's question, because it also affects Fresno, California, and the 144th."
"I see the same thing happening here. Instead of being able to open the process for competition, the big companies are chosen, and it's a long contract."
"I really appreciate that, Mr. Secretary. And what I'm told is, and this may be wrong, that they're under the impression they cannot compete for the rest of the decade. That's tragic, because it could ..."
"Last June, the then Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Ashton Carter certified to the Congress that the Global Hawk was 'essential to the National security'; and 'th..."