Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach

Calls to overhaul the Pentagon’s buying process go back decades—to the Revolutionary War, one former congressman joked—from defense secretaries from William Perry to Donald Rumsfeld to Robert Gates to Ash Carter. An executive order signed late Wednesday evening is the latest, perhaps the most ambitious—and just maybe, the one with the best chance for success. President Donald Trump’s order calls upon the Defense Department to “rapidly reform our antiquate