Senior Pentagon leaders are defending their "very robust" processes for ensuring officials who previously worked in industry comply with ethics arrangements, as acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is being investigated for allegedly favoring Boeing, his former employer. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord addressed a small group of reporters at the Pentagon today on her own ethics agreement. Before joining the Trump administration, Lord was chief executive at Textron Systems. The briefing comes as the DOD...
