Miller 'cannot wait to leave' DOD, regrets being unable to work on F-35

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Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said today he is eager to leave his job next week when President-elect Biden is inaugurated, but added that part of him wishes he could have worked on the Defense Department's notoriously challenging acquisition process. "I cannot wait to leave this job, believe me," he told a press gaggle today. "But part of me is like, I would have loved to have gotten involved in the acquisition process. … Talk about [a] wicked problem. " Miller said he wanted to "take on" the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, noting he found it "hilarious" the United States made such a huge investment in an aircraft it is "never supposed to use" and is already planning for a replacement, sixth-generation fighter.