Garret Graves actually said...

So, it is--I am going to surmise here--so, it is fair to say that there were political appointees that weighed in on this and asked that the criteria be changed or that the weight of the scoring be changed.

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Graves discusses political influence on criteria changes in a government process.

12/11/2023

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