Pentagon's Revolving Door Still Spins

Despite President Trump's repeated pledge to "drain the swamp" in Washington, a steady stream of retired generals, admirals, and government procurement officers are still accepting lucrative positions with companies that do business with the military. Boeing has framed these hires as showing their commitment to hiring veterans. The advocacy group Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has identified 19 retired high-level military officials who have been hired by Boeing. POGO highlighted an interesting case of a "reverse revolving door," in which senior vice president at Boeing Patrick Shanahan was appointed to be Deputy Defense Secretary. He was confirmed by a 92-7 vote.