Defense Contractor

Dan Froomkin

Pentagon's New Contractor Policy Doesn't Scare Defense Industry At All

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pentagon's new contract acquisition policy -- heralded for getting tough on military contractors -- is actually a feeble, token attempt to change ...

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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