Second Shyu Hold

A second Senate hold surfaced today on Heidi Shyu's nomination to become the Army's next acquisition executive, according to a published report.

A Bloomberg News story states that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has placed a hold on Shyu in protest of the Defense Department's ongoing business arrangement with a Russian company to supply the Afghan army with Mi-17 helicopters.

InsideDefense.com first broke the news on Shyu's stalled nomination earlier this month when it was learned that Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) exercised a hold in protest of the Army's strategy to improve the M4 Carbine rifle.