wino, the KC767 deal was already forged into a compromise on aerial refueling by the fiscal 2004 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by Congress 07 November 2003. The fact that the decision was deferred by Rumsfeld recently was not because of accounting laws but data evaluated by the Defense Science Board’s Aerial Refueling Task Force which led him to conclude that the corrosion problem on KC-135s can be managed and the operating and maintenance cost growth on the tanker fleet may not be as large as earlier estimates. And probably also several proposals filed by Sen.McCain in the Senate recently.
Parmalat is a completely different cup of milk, won't go into that here, moddies are watching
