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Biden Names Longtime Hill/Pentagon Staffer, Acquisition Guru, as Nominee for Air Force Acquisition Head

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Biden Names Longtime Hill/Pentagon Staffer, Acquisition Guru, as Nominee for Air Force Acquisition Head
Andrew Hunter testifies for CSIS at a House Armed Services Committee hearing in 2015 on “Shortening the Defense Acquisition Cycle." (CSIS Photo)

President Joe Biden on July 16 nominated acquisition guru and longtime Capitol Hill aide, Andrew Hunter, to serve as U.S. Air Force acquisition secretary. Hunter served in a number of positions in Congress, including in the 1990s as the defense aide for then-Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), as legislative director for then Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.), and as a staff member of Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China. Hunter directs the Defense-Industrial…

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