Senator Richard Shelby goes to bat for major financial benefactor

By Josh Israel and Nick Schwellenbach

The unusual “blanket hold” placed on Obama administration nominees by Senator Richard Shelby, represents an effort to support a firm that ha

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"… nket hold in an attempt to back a $35 billion tanker contract for Northrop Grumman and EADS; the plane would be built in his state.The contract had been init …"

"… Shelby has been outspoken in support of granting the contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS. Shelby and Northrop Grumman have both objected to the Defense De …"

"… of granting the contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS. Shelby and Northrop Grumman have both objected to the Defense Department’s new rebidding process.Whi …"

"… ense Department’s new rebidding process.While by all accounts a Northrop Grumman contract would create significant numbers of jobs in his home state, Shelb …"

Howard "Buck" McKeon — Armed Services Committee

By Amy Biegelsen

Rep. Howard McKeon (R-Calif.) answers to the nickname “Buck,” an appropriate moniker for the man about to help oversee one of the biggest ch

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"… s, defense contractors — including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and Northrop Grumman — have located facilities there, become generous donors to the congressm …"

"… disinterest. Former Air Force Secretary James G. Roche, a former Northrop Grumman executive, told The Washington Post in 2001 that adding additional B-2s wo …"

"… additional B-2s won’t “add one drop of sweat to any enemy.”Northrop Grumman, one of McKeon’s biggest donors, manufactures the planes in his district …"

"… biggest donors, manufactures the planes in his district. In 2004, Northrop Grumman won a $388 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue modernizin …"