The item in Monday’s Daily Report column on President-elect Obama’s selection of retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs has been corrected. Shinseki served a full four-year tour as Army Chief of Staff.
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.