The Pentagon's special operations shop could benefit from a new acquisition executive to help oversee the surge in procurement of new high-tech weapon systems slated for commando forces, according to a senior Defense Department official. Thomas O'Connell, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict, believes his organization in the Office of the Secretary of Defense would profit from having a dedicated senior acquisition official. "I think it would be prudent," O'Connell told the Senate Armed Services...
