Rep. Peter DeFazio
While the political appointees running the Pentagon shower billions of dollars on military contractors for elaborate Cold War weapons systems our troops are dying for lack of basic equipment.
Anxious to score political points, Mr. Feldkamp makes a claim that voting for multibillion dollar cost-plus contracts to build failed weapons systems like the Crusader artillery piece (cancelled after more than $2 billion) the Comanche helicopter (cancelled after $7 billion) or the fantastical…