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March 29, 2011

Cost Overruns on Weapons Systems

Witnesses testified on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that most Defense Department major weapons systems cost more to develop than the Pentagon had planned.

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Scott Brown U.S. Senator [R] Massachusetts
Richard Burke Deputy Director Department of Defense->Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

Tom Carper U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Delaware
Tom Coburn U.S. Senator [R] Oklahoma
Frank Kendall III Principal Deputy Undersecretary Department of Defense->Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Rob Portman U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Ohio
Mark Pryor U.S. Senator [D] Arkansas
Moshe Schwartz Analyst Congressional Research Service->Defense Acquisition Policy
Michael "Mike" J. Sullivan Director Government Accountability Office->Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues
John J. Young Jr. Undersecretary Department of Defense->Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security

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Program ID:: 298721-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Mar 29, 2011 | 2:35pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Apr 03, 2011 | 2:39am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Mar 29, 2011 | 2:35pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Mar 30, 2011 | 12:02am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Mar 30, 2011 | 7:17am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Apr 03, 2011 | 2:39am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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