Elizabeth Warren's new policy rollout targets Pentagon corruption

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Warren has a proposal to end the “revolving door” between defense contractors and the Pentagon.

By Tara Golshan May 16, 2019, 8:00am EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to bring her long record of railing against corporate greed and corruption to the Pentagon.

On Thursday, Warren, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, unveiled a proposal — yes, another one — with House Armed Services Chair Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) that aims to limit the influence corporations on the government’s defense agenda.

The proposal would essentially establish four-year noncompetes between the Department of Defense and major defense contractors, extend federal open records laws to private defense contracting companies, and limit national security officials from working for foreign governments, according to a blog post Warren published Thursday morning.

Warren is among several progressive 2020 candidates who have called to reevaluate the nation’s military and defense agenda. When Congress passed one of the biggest defense budgets in modern US history last year with overwhelming bipartisan support, authorizing $716 billion in spending in 2019, Warren was one of 10 senators — along with fellow 2020 candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) — who voted against it. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) voted in support.

FULL story: https://www.vox.com/2019/5/16/18627204/elizabeth-warren-2020-anti-corruption-pentagon