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	GAO Lifts Boeing

Brian Wingfield

6-18-2008 1:56 PM

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boeing, air force, tanker, northrop grumman, eads

Brian Wingfield says:

It's a snub to the Air Force and Northrop, certainly. But the GAO's decision doesn't mean the Air Force will re-do the bid.

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