McCain Wants Inquiry into Boeing Deal: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told reporters Tuesday that he has questions about the arrangement the Justice Department has worked out with Boeing. McCain said he would talk with Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, about whether to hold a hearing on the matter. It’s not over till it’s over.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…