Harkin Keeps Up Pressure on Army Over Faulty Trailers

By Dan Dupont / December 13, 1999 at 5:00 AM
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) today asked Army Secretary Louis Caldera a series of questions about the service's plans for fixing -- if possible -- its fleet of faulty High Mobility Trailers. "If the Army does figure out how to fix the problems," Harkin writes, "it apparently will have to modify both the trailers and the trucks that pull them, and the public will have to pay." In his letter, Harkin cites the findings of the General Accounting Office, which declared...

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