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Until June 2008, William Lynn was senior VP-government operations for Raytheon [6], the world's fifth largest defense contractor. Despite that recent stint as a lobbyist, President-elect Barack Obama [7] has nominated him to become deputy defense secretary, which would put him "in charge of day-to-day Pentagon operations." The nomination requires Congressional approval. According to O'Dwyer's, "The Washington Post predicts Lynn will oversee Defense Secretary Robert Gates [8]' program to overhaul DOD [9]'s weapons acquisition activity." Before his stint with Raytheon, Lynn was the Pentagon's comptroller and chief budget officer. He also previously worked as director of DOD's program analysis and evaluation.
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[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace
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[6] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Raytheon
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Gates
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Defense
[10] http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0109raytheon_lynn.html