[Jack Black]

Here is a nice long article from the NY Times about Hunter and defense procurement. His position at the time was that the DOD should buy American. His attempts to force that into defense authorization pissed off some in the Pentagon. Like much of FedGov the servants of the people bristle at having to be subject to the legislature.

Butting Heads with the Pentagon

[b9]

Rumsfeld's speech honoring Hunter with the Keeper of the Flame Award last September 2006 tells a different story.

I've come to know Chairman Hunter very well over the years, and I can tell you that those of us in the Department rely very heavily on his wisdom, his leadership, his experience and his "get it done" attitude. It is something when he comes into your office like a whirling dervish and starts discussing a subject first at the national level and then down at the microlevel, and then leaves you pieces of metal on your desk that you can hardly lift and has explained exactly where it goes, what it's for, why it should be there and wants to know why it isn't. And God bless him for it. (Applause.)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760016/posts?page=60#60

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks!