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Former Senior Aide With Missile Maker Backed To Become Deputy Pentagon Chief

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Monday, January 26th, 2009

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Chairman Levin Endorses Lynn, Ex-Raytheon Leader, After OMB Gives Assent A key Senate leader endorsed President Obama's nomination of William Lynn, a former executive with missile maker Raytheon Co. [RTN], to be deputy secretary of defense. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the Senate Armed Services Committeen (SASC) chairman, gave his approval after Lynn received an ethics clearance from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The nominee more than a decade ago served as an aide on the SASC…

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