Trump vows to impose 'lifetime' ban on F-35 officials seeking defense industry jobs

By Tony Bertuca / December 16, 2016 at 2:41 PM
President-elect Donald Trump continued his public criticism of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during a Thursday night speech in which he promised to impose a "lifetime ban" on Pentagon acquisition officials involved in the aircraft contract from subsequently working in the defense industry. "Take a look at the F-35 program," he said during a speech in Hershey, PA. "The people that gave out those contracts -- give me a break. We're going to impose a lifetime ban on people...

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