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“Once we have reviewed the details behind the award,” Boeing said, “we will make a decision concerning our possible options, keeping in mind at all times the impact to the warfighter and our nation."
Translate as:
"Given that General Moseley has said he wants the new tankers yesterday, it has been quietly suggested to us that it would be unhelpful and possibly even unpatriotic to make too much of a fuss about this one" ? Or am I being unduly cynical in my old age?