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Andrew Hunter speaks at a panel discussion on "strengthening alliances and partnerships through defense cooperation" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on March 16, 2018. Hunter, director of the defense-industrial initiatives group and a senior fellow in the international security program at CSIS, is President Joe Biden's nominee for assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics. Photo courtesy of CSIS.

Biden to nominate defense industry expert Andrew Hunter as Air Force acquisition boss

Andrew Hunter is known in Washington as a low-key professional and true expert on defense acquisition.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

A dozen of Biden’s national security nominees are on hold in the Senate

At least three lawmakers are using the nominees as bargaining chips in talks on various concerns.

By Joe Gould and Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

White House’s slate of nominees would put familiar faces back in the Pentagon

A group on Pentagon nominees have experience dealing with the Pentagon’s acquisition system and extensive knowledge from industry, but they also have the scars from programs gone wrong and occasionally tense relationships with lawmakers.

By Defense News staff

23 months ago

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