Government / Military

William J. Lynn III

2009–2011

Former Raytheon lobbyist who became Deputy Secretary of Defense under Obama in 2009, requiring a specific ethics waiver from Obama's own lobbyist-hiring ban — one of the earliest and most-cited examples of the revolving door's reverse direction in the post-2008 era.

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confirmedRaytheon

was a company lobbyist before becoming Deputy Secretary of Defense

Source: Official government / corporate service records

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