WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain’s voice just got a whole lot louder.One of President Barack Obama’s noisiest detractors, McCain is expected to take the helm of the powerful Armed Services Committee in the new Republican-controlled US Senate when the US Congress convenes in January.The Arizona senator, a critic of the $399 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet programme, is likely to push for tougher congressional scrutiny of costly US weapons programs, defence analysts say.He has in the past launched investigations into waste in the US defence industry and shaped legislation to end cost overruns on major arms programs as …read more
Source: AsiaOne
