While the White House continues work on its fiscal year 2010 defense spending plan, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee will focus on reforming the Pentagon's acquisition process and its use of wartime contractors, according to the panel's top official. Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) said acquisition and contractor reform efforts will be among several key policy issues lawmakers plan to delve into during the early months of the new legislative season. Troop withdrawals in Iraq, U.S. force increases...
