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Army

Mullen: New Law Not End of Acquisition Reforms Needed At DoD

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The top U.S. military officer told lawmakers additional reforms to Pentagon weapons-development processes are being considered, and called for a requirements-setting board to focus more on combatant commanders' needs. Adm. Michael Mullen appears poised to be quickly approved by Congress for another stint as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after his uncontroversial reappointment hearing yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Mullen, in written responses to advance-policy questions from the panel, applauded the Weapon…

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