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On DoD: William LaPlante, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Dr. William LaPlante, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition is Jared Serbu's guest for the full hour on this edition of On DoD. LaPlante talk...

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Dr. William LaPlante, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition is Jared Serbu’s guest for the full hour on this edition of On DoD. The Senate confirmed LaPlante as assistant secretary in February of this year, ending a five-year run during which the post went without a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee.

During this week’s show, LaPlante talks with Jared about his five top priorities’ for Air Force acquisition.

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Jared Serbu

Jared Serbu is deputy editor of Federal News Network and reports on the Defense Department’s contracting, legislative, workforce and IT issues.

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