Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters, “When the history of this time is written—an era of tragedy and turmoil and triumph—I believe it will be said of Dick Myers that he was one of the most consequential Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs in our history.”
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
