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Published: Wed, July 09, 2008 - 4:05 pm
U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS): "We have been calling for a recompetition ever since the Air Force chose to award the KC-X tanker contract to a French tanker, and today the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is announcing that is exactly what they plan on doing. After throwing the competition to the French tanker last time, the Department of Defense seems to have acknowledged the Air Force’s mistakes and is heeding the Government Accountability Office’s recommendation to rebid the competition for a mid-sized tanker.Rebidding the tanker competition in an expedited manner is right thing to do for our men and women in uniform who need new mid-sized tankers to replace the out-dated ones currently in use. I intend to watch this process very closely to press for a fair and open competition. Today I spoke with OSD on a series of topics to reinforce a fair process is followed the second time around."
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS): "I am pleased to see that the Department of Defense and the Air Force have moved to restore the confidence of the Congress and the American people with this decision to re-compete the contract. There have been critical errors in the procurement of this tanker, and we will work to ensure that this does not happen again so that the best possible tanker is selected for the warfighter. We will need to see the details of the next request for proposal, but this is certainly the right step forward."
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS): "I am pleased that Secretary Gates is actively involved in this process now and has made a commitment to get it right. The issues identified in the GAO report were so significant that nothing short of a re-compete will meet the standard required by the American people to have an appropriate level of confidence in this decision and move the program forward. We will continue to monitor this process very closely until the ultimate contract award. We believe that the Boeing KC-767 Advanced Tanker is the right platform for the mission and look forward to the day when the first one is delivered to the Air Force on the Boeing Ramp in Wichita."
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Dont be silly. I wasent referring to you all as cry babies. That was aimed at them. But I will have to agree you somewhat on the way the outcome is looking. Not so good. I dont know what it is going to take to see some opposition from our representative. They just seem to be accepting everything that is dished out.