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Article: SEN. CANTWELL CONVENES MEETING WITH LABOR LEADERS TO DISCUSS IMPLICATIONS OF TANKER DEAL ON U.S. WORKFORCE, INDUSTRIAL BASE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 12, 2008
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The office of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., issued the following press release:
This weekend, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) convened a meeting with labor leaders from Washington state to discuss the implications of the Air Force's decision to award the refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman/Airbus over Boeing. Since February's decision, Cantwell has been working with her colleagues to examine the soundness of the Air Force's procurement process, including whether the Department of Defense adequately considers critical national security and workforce and industrial base issues when making their contracting decisions.
"I am still convinced that the Air Force made the wrong ...