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Ex-Defense Lobbyist Leads Obama's Responsibility-in-Contracting Session
Hmmm ... let's say you were planning the schedule for Monday's Fiscal Responsibility Summit at the White House, and you were looking for candidates to talk about "Contracting and Procurement." Would you select the longtime defense-industry lobbyist who had to get an exemption from ethics rules in order to win his Pentagon post?
I only ask because Bill Lynn, the deputy defense secretary and former Raytheon K Streeter, will be one of those leading the "Contracting and Procurement" session (h/t to Ben Smith).
On another note, any thoughts about Treasury Secretary Geithner leading the "Tax" portion of the summit?
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FDR appointed Joe Kennedy to head the SEC didn't he? Sometimes it takes a crook to catch a crook.
February 20, 2009 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I dunno....it might be kinda like having John Rockefeller's father-in-law author the federal income tax amendment....it might not always take a thief, maybe just a really rich S.O.B. takin' care of business (ah say, ah say Big Business, son!).
February 20, 2009 2:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, I would. Who better to understand the process?
All lobbyists aren't evil, you know.
February 20, 2009 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Lynne was the best contracting officer the Pentagon ever had. He knows where all the bodies are buried because he spent the Clinton years trying to clean up the mess the last time.
February 20, 2009 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmmm, substance-free snarky insinuation against a Democratic administration based upon unstated stereotyping.
MoDo? Is that you?
February 20, 2009 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink