A recent Boston Globe online article makes the case that the appointment of Kennedy School of Government prof Ashton Carter to be the chief weapons purchaser for the Pentagon shows that President Obama is serious about making some cuts in outmoded Cold War weapons systems.
The writer, Bryan Bender, points out that Carter has never worked for a weapons company (score!), and has been a critic of the DOD's bad habit of buying unnecessary weapons systems (score!).
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/02/24/harvard_professor_named_to_pentagon_post/?page=2
The article specifically mentions several weapons systems that might be on the cut line (and suggests that Secretary Gates would back Carter): the F-22 Raptor, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Future Combat System ground vehicles, and the Virginia class submarine.
fwiw, Mr. President, I applaud this choice...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment