Mr. CHRIS YUKINS (Government Contracting Expert, George Washington University Law School): These are extremely complex contracts, and at the end of the day, the government wants to be slowanddeliberate to ensure that the government gets the best deal.
Whether it's a deliberate attack, as with anthrax, or the outbreak of a slowand silent killer such as HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the forefront of America's defense.