By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats took aim at the Trump administration after Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Navy and Air Force were poised to cancel nearly completed software projects worth over $800 million.

The reason for the move was an effort by some officials at the services to steer new projects to companies like Salesforce and Palantir, in what could amount to a costly do-over.

“The Pentagon has yet to show that it had a good reason for halting these contracts in the last inning and scrapping work American tax dollars have already paid for,” Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said in an emailed statement. “If it can’t show its homework, then this announcement – just days after Palantir’s CEO spoke at Mike Johnson’s Wyoming donor retreat – reeks of corruption.”

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