Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee today called on President Trump's nominee for director of the Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation office to scale back some of CAPE's activities, asserting that it has become focused on advocacy over analysis. During a nomination hearing today, Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) said Michael Payne, the acting CAPE director who has been tapped to formally run the office, will be inheriting a “fractured relationship with Congress” if he is confirmed. “The congressional...
