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Monday, January 26th, 2009

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense SASC Scuffle On Lynn? The White House issued a waiver last Friday allowing deputy defense secretary nominee William Lynn to bypass President Obama's executive order banning government appointees for two years from working for agencies they lobbied and participating in matters on which they lobbied. While SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) welcomes word of the waiver, Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) says last Friday he is "disappointed." "While I applaud the…

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