Air Force secretary appreciates Trump's focus on efficiency

By Courtney Albon / January 6, 2017 at 12:26 PM
Outgoing Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Friday that while she does not think an F/A-18 Super Hornet could match the capabilities of the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, she appreciates President-elect Donald Trump's apparent interest in reducing cost and finding efficiencies in the Defense Department's portfolio. Trump has in recent months used his Twitter account to draw attention to a handful of Defense Department programs that he perceives as having "out of control" costs. Late last month, after...

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