"US opens new bidding for $35b Air Force tanker deal" by Associated Press | August 7, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon opened a second round of bidding yesterday for a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract following an error-plagued first attempt that featured bitter competition between Northrop Grumman Corp. and Boeing Co.
The team of Northrop and Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. won the original contract, but Boeing protested, saying the Air Force did not conduct the process fairly and favored Northrop.
Boeing's allies on Capitol Hill, especially those who represent the company's industrial base in Washington state, were not pleased. Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, said the new draft still seems to favor Northrop's larger aircraft.
But lawmakers from Alabama, where Northrop plans a new plant for the plane, applauded the Pentagon.That's what is wrong with Congress right there -- beholden to the MIC and its campaign loot kickbacks!!!!
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I say SHUT 'EM ALL DOWN!!!
And WHERE are the ENVIRO PROTESTERS on this?!
Never hear a peep from them unless it's to plant a fart mist recorder up my ass!!!!
