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POPSGates Punts Tanker Fight To Next Administration In a news release that cited “mistakes and missteps” by the Defense Department, Gates said he was terminating competition for the $35 billion contract to give the next administration full flexibility to decide how to handle the process. “Over the past seven years the process has become enormously complex and emotional — in no small part because of mistakes and missteps along the way by the Department of Defense,” Gates said. “It is my judgment that in the time remaining to us, we can no longer complete a competition that would be viewed as fair and objective in this highly charged environment.”
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POPSAir Force to Re-Open Bidding on Tanker Those "significant errors?" Yeah, those were actually interference from lobbyists who were also working for the McCain campaign . Mr. McCain’s top advisers, including a co-chairman of his presidential campaign, were lobbyists for EADS. And Mr. McCain had written to the Defense Department, urging it to ignore a trade dispute between the United States and Europe over whether Airbus received improper subsidies. Mr. McCain said that he was asking the Air Force only to maintain a level playing field as it considered the two bids. Given how crooked this deal turned out to be, I think people who are considering voting for McCain are making a "significant error." It wouldn't surprise me if the rebid were designed to take heat off Baghdad Johnny.
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