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Glad Air Force Likely To Redo Contract For Tanker Planes

Jul 8, 03:57 PM

Waterbury Republican-American
July 5, 2008

Now that the U.S. Air Force likely will rebid the contract for its refuel­ing tankers, Connecticut’s defense industry may get a fair shot.

I was pleased to see Rep. Christo­pher S. Murphy, D-5th District, did­n’t sit on the sidelines when the Air Force announced its curious decision to outsource defense work to a Euro­pean- U.S. consortium. He met with those affected here in Connecticut and hauled the Air Force in for a meeting with the rest of our delega­tion in Washington to get answers.

Redoing this contract process is the fair decision, and for the good of our economy, I hope the contract lands right here in Connecticut.

Agnes F. White
Cheshire

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