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Adam Smith: “What acquisition reform doing to help us avoid, and we all have our favorite examples, but if we could go back to 1997…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2018
What acquisition reform doing to help us avoid, and we all have our favorite examples, but if we could go back to 1997, we would not build the F-35 the way we are currently building it.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith critiques the F-35 acquisition process and suggests reforms are needed.

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