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  • Key Senate Republicans won't oppose Pentagon nominee [McQueeg/Grahamnesty alert]

    01/26/2009 3:17:08 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 9 replies · 351+ views
    Congress Daily ^ | 2009-01-26
    Bill Lynn, Raytheon's senior vice president for government operations and strategy, remains on track for confirmation as deputy Defense secretary after two senior Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans signaled Sunday they would not oppose him. Lynn, who lobbied for the defense contractor, stirred some controversy after an executive order signed by President Obama last week barred any lobbyists entering the administration from handling issues or agencies they had lobbied in the last two years. The administration issued a waiver for Lynn, and Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., responded by announcing he would support Lynn for confirmation. On Sunday,...