Export control experts wanted at the Pentagon.Before leaving office this summer, former defense acquisition chief Kenneth Krieg Krieg (German for "War") was a black metal band from the Somers Point, New Jersey in the United States of America. They played a low-fi, "raw" style, drawing influence from the Darkthrone-esque style of black metal and did not use synthesizers or folk instruments. approved thee launch of a new career track at the Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering for those who want to specialize spe·cial·ize v. 1. To limit one's profession to a particular specialty or subject area for study, research, or treatment. 2. To adapt to a particular function or environment. in international export controls. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The move is one of many efforts the Pentagon is pursuing to better manage the export license requests from foreign countries that want to buy U.S. weapons, said Al Volkman, director of international cooperation at the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. These requests now take weeks or months to be processed by the Defense and the State Departments, Volkman said. The Pentagon approval process is laborious la·bo·ri·ous adj. 1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work: spent many laborious hours on the project. 2. Hard-working; industrious. . Four committees make export control decisions and they have trouble sharing information, he noted. Another challenge is educating program managers about the export control process, Volkman said, "because they didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do learn it at the Defense Acquisition University." |
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