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Ashton Carter, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Feb. 24, 2010, on the details of the selection process for the contract to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. Carter was joined at the press conference by Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III, right, and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, center.

SELECTION PROCESS

Ashton Carter, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Feb. 24, 2010, on the details of the selection process for the contract to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. Carter was joined at the press conference by Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III, right, and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, center.

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