The Defense Department yesterday proposed a pair of reprogramming actions to maximize the production of blast-proof Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, asking Congress for the authority to boost spending for the vehicle program by more than $1.1 billion and keep more than $400 million already transferred to MRAP, according to Pentagon documents. Tina Jonas, the Pentagon comptroller, on June 17 sought permission from Congress to transfer $1.165 billion to accelerate procurement of additional MRAP vehicles. In a separate proposal she...
