Inhofe says he disagrees with McCain on Trump's defense contractor nominees

By Tony Bertuca / November 9, 2017 at 1:02 PM
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), a senior GOP member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Thursday he disagrees with the approach Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) has taken with the Trump administration's nomination of defense contracting executives to some of the Pentagon's top posts. McCain said recently he would consider blocking future Pentagon nominees who come directly from the largest defense companies. Inhofe said at a breakfast with reporters in Washington he breaks with McCain over the chairman's view that defense...

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