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Eleanor Holmes Norton: If people get fired for cost overruns, half the Defense Department would be gone.

On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
If people get fired for cost overruns, half the Defense Department would be gone.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton highlights the prevalence of cost overruns in the Defense Department.

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