The Defense Department has responded to the inquiries of a special congressional commission in the matter of a controversial pandemic stimulus loan made to a trucking company with connections to the White House, according to a letter obtained by Inside Defense . The letter, signed by Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord, was sent recently to the Congressional Oversight Commission established to review the $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 stimulus spending. The commission's queries, sent to DOD on Aug. 7 ,...