Sen. Elizabeth Warren has lifted two nomination holds on prospective Defense Department officials after they agreed to stay out of the defense industry for at least four years following their work at the Pentagon, an aide familiar with the agreement confirmed to Military.com.
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts halted the nominations of Frank Kendall, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the next Air Force secretary, and Heidi Shyu, put forward to be the Pentagon’s research and development chief, pending their personal commitments to break the so-called ubiquitous military-defense revolving door in Washington. Inside Defense was first to report the news.
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