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Senate Confirms Lynn To No. 2 Pentagon Post

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Thursday, February 12th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate in a 93-4 vote approved yesterday the confirmation of Raytheon [RTN] executive William Lynn to be deputy defense secretary. Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), and John Cornyn (R-Tex.) voted against confirming Lynn, who has come under scrutiny because he lobbied Congress for Raytheon until last year and because of his work in the Clinton Pentagon. The early-evening vote followed nearly three hours of on-and-off debate that was dominated by a…

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