Can 'The loss of technical competence through downsizing was sufficiently pervasive that FFC, in conjunction with TBR and the NAVFAC, conducted the Government/Industry Forum on Capital Facilities and Core Competencies in March 1998.' be viewed as neither a logical extension nor a contradiction of 'The FFC conducted the Government/Industry Forum in March 1998 '
The loss of technical competence through downsizing was sufficiently pervasive that FFC, in conjunction with TBR and the NAVFAC, conducted the Government/Industry Forum on Capital Facilities and Core Competencies in March 1998.###The FFC conducted the Government/Industry Forum in March 1998 