REP. COURTNEY URGES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE TIME TO GET NEW TANKER SELECTION PROCESS RIGHT
August 18, 2008
August 18, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn. (2nd CD), has issued the following news release:
Congressman Joe Courtney today sent an urgent letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates urging him not to rush the new selection decision on the KC-X tanker program. In his letter, Courtney asks Secretary Gates to provide more time for the revised Request for Proposal (RFP) for the tanker program to be vetted by the competitors and evaluated by Congress. A link to the letter can be . . .
Congressman Joe Courtney today sent an urgent letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates urging him not to rush the new selection decision on the KC-X tanker program. In his letter, Courtney asks Secretary Gates to provide more time for the revised Request for Proposal (RFP) for the tanker program to be vetted by the competitors and evaluated by Congress. A link to the letter can be . . .