McCain Could Shake Up US Defense in Powerful New Senate Role
11.05.2014 at 01:22pm
McCain Could Shake Up US Defense in Powerful New Senate Role by Andrea Shalal and David Alexander, Reuters
Senator John McCain's voice just got a whole lot louder.
One of President Barack Obama's noisiest detractors, McCain is expected to take the helm of the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled U.S. Senate when the U.S. Congress convenes in January.
The Arizona senator, a critic of the $399 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, is likely to push for tougher congressional scrutiny of costly U.S. weapons programs, defense analysts say…
