Should Pentagon Give Boeing More Time on Tanker?

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - A former chief U.S. arms buyer urged the Defense Department on Thursday to reject a Boeing Co push for more time to bid on supplying aerial-refueling planes valued at up to $35 billion.

"I think there's a time urgency to this program," said Jacques Gansler, undersecretary of defense for acquisition from November 1997 to January 2001. "And Boeing -- if they say they're not going to bid unless they get an extra six months -- well fine, don't bid."

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As the article said DON"T LET BOEING HAVE MORE TIME

to bad if they aren't ready Boeing has had plenty of time

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