Posted on 03/17/2008 1:04:04 PM PDT by pissant
Northrop Grumman Corp. hired the lobbying firm of former U.S. Senator Trent Lott to help protect its newly won $35 billion Air Force tanker contract from challenges by losing bidder Boeing Co. and some lawmakers.
Los Angeles-based Northrop and partner European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., the owner of Airbus SAS, won the contract on Feb. 29. Boeing, which has built aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force since 1956, appealed the decision last week and the leader of the U.S. House panel that controls military spending has threatened to cut funds for the program.
Boeing's March 11 protest to the U.S. Government Accountability Office will allow "a little cooling off period that may be helpful," Lott said in an interview. Still, "I have no doubt the protest is going to be denied."
Lott, a Republican from Mississippi and former majority leader, retired from the Senate on Dec. 18 and opened a lobbying firm with his former Senate colleague John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat. Under U.S. rules, Lott can't lobby lawmakers for a year but may plead his clients' cases before administration officials.
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What a gift to Northrop/Airbus. They have no idea...
Hopefully Trent will do a better job handling Northrup’s business than he did our nation’s.
ahh Mr. go along to get along former democrat
I’ll check in later to see if anyone had anything to say that is relevant.
I think this dead horse has been beaten long enough.
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