Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include details from Obama's memo. Declaring that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over," President Barack Obama used the White House bully pulpit to announce a new priority of his administration -- improving the Pentagon's procurement system. In a memo signed today, the president outlined a number of steps designed to improve government acquisition, including an immediate review of all contracts that are "wasteful, inefficient or not otherwise...
