Elizabeth Warren Grills Trump Pentagon Pick Over His Defense Lobbyist Past
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he would not agree to recuse himself, if confirmed, from decisions affecting the defense contracting giant for which he previously served as a top Washington lobbyist. In a contentious exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential nomination, acting Pentagon chief Mark Esper said he would not commit to steering clear of matters involving Raytheon, his former employer and the nation's third ...
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