Tanker deal now in hands of procurement chief

Source URL: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/352825_tankeryoung27.html
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WASHINGTON -- As the Air Force prepared to announce the winner of a huge defense contract to build tanker planes, attention shifted Tuesday from The Boeing Co. and EADS to John Young, 45, the top procurement official in the Pentagon.

Young, a Georgia Tech and Stanford University-trained engineer, is chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, composed of other top Pentagon officials, including Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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