re: DoD inspector general opens ‘evaluation’ of Space Command move to Alabama

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you can’t just ignore the beddown or sustainment costs, which play a much larger role.

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Sure you can.

As long as the right pockets are filled. I walked out of a meeting with the secretary of interior because they wanted another feasibility study which would cost me a cool 1.5m. With a particular firm on K street to do the work, which everyone in the room knew would be kicked back to SecInt.

You really have no idea how the game is actually played.