Leon Panetta: “We will look to procurement reforms and improve competition, cost…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2011

We will look to procurement reforms and improve competition, cost control and delivery when examining modernization operating costs.

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Panetta emphasized the need for procurement reforms in defense spending.

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