DOD Official Defends Use Of Foreign Steel On Bomb-Resistant Trucks

/ June 17, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Congressional supporters of the U.S. steel industry are concerned about Defense Department rules that permit the use of imported steel on bomb-resistant trucks used in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the Pentagon sees no need to revamp those rules, according to DOD industrial base chief Brett Lambert. In a June 15 interview, Lambert told Inside the Pentagon the department is for "robust competition" and that the current laws and regulations are "adequate," providing DOD with enough flexibility to produce urgently needed...

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