Lawmaker Challenges Gates’ 80-Percent Solution Effort
House Republican Rob Wittman (Va.) is challenging Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ premise that a platform or weapon need not be perfect before being fielded to combat personnel. Gates has said that an 80-percent solution to a wartime requirement is good enough as long as the capability reaches...
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