McCain calls Boeing's tanker cost overruns 'unacceptable'

07/17/11 Sen. John McCain is demanding the Pentagon answer for allowing the Boeing Co. to overshoot its tanker budget by $1 billion. McCain has sent a letter to Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for acquisitions, seeking an explanation for the cost overruns, which could cost taxpayers $600 million.

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Taxpayers on the hook for Boeing tanker overruns (Talbot column)

07/13/11 The late, great Will Rogers put it this way: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. In deep is where Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force find themselves less than six months after signing one of the...

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Business news in brief

07/19/11 Boeing Co. said it landed a $4.4 million, two-year contract to install security surveillance and monitoring at three locations on the Delaware River to protect the waterfront in Delaware County.

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