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Caught Our Eye

• HASC counsel and ex-lobbyist moves to defense startup

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 5, 2022
  A former defense lobbyist has traded the House Armed Services Committee for a buzzworthy defense-technology startup. read more

• Rep. Horsford aide heads to space-launch lobbying team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 13, 2022
  A staffer to Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) has a stellar new defense and aerospace lobbying gig. read more

• Defense lobbyist heads to HASC

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 16, 2020
  The House Armed Services Committee has picked up a lobbyist who's represented several heavy hitters of the defense world. read more

• Cloud-services group adds Rep. Thornberry chief

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 16, 2020
  Rep. Mac Thornberry's (R-Texas) chief of staff has taken his first job off the Hill. read more

• Ex-acting Army under secretary files as defense lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 2, 2019
  A former Army acting under secretary and long-time Hill staffer has made his lobbying debut. read more

• Military service came first for more GOPers than Dems

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 12, 2019
  Both male and Republican members of Congress are several times more likely to have served in the military than are their Democratic and/or female counterparts. read more

• Brownstein Hyatt adds Republican HASC aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 25, 2019
  A House Armed Services Committee aide has left for one of the lobbying world's most influential firms. read more

• Rep. Norcross sets sail with Navy League lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 8, 2017
  A former Navy League lobbyist has dropped anchor in the office of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.). read more

• Sen. Cotton picks up anti-Trump defense expert

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 28, 2016
  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), reportedly shortlisted as a pick for secretary of defense, has added a prominent national-security expert — and Trump critic — to his D.C. staff this month.John Noonan, who, according to The Hill, signed an open letter opposing Trump's presidential campaign earlier this year, is a former U.S. Air Force nuclear-missile officer. He worked as a foreign policy adviser for Jeb Bush's presidential campaign this year and as defense policy adviser for Mitt Romney's bid in 2012, and spent several years as deputy communications director to the House Armed Services Committee. read more

• Congressman seeks new way to connect with constituents

  Posted by Sean Myers on Feb. 2, 2016
  Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) will get up and close with his constituents Feb. 27: He will commute with them to work. read more

• Longtime staffer leaves the congressional nest, flies to defense lobbyist

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Nov. 9, 2015
  American Defense International recruited a longtime staffer to deepen their government affairs ranks this month. read more

• Ex-House Armed Services Committee staffer submits first lobbying filing

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 28, 2015
  A defense expert with experience in Congress, the State Department, the Department of Defense and an influential think tank has found a new weapon to influence policy - lobbying. read more

• Longtime staffer leaves Hill for defense mammoth Raytheon

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 20, 2015
  Defense contractor Raytheon has homed in on a House Armed Services Committee staffer as its latest target for its government relations department. read more

• ISIS town hall highlights GOP strategy

  Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 15, 2014
  Fresh off a journey to the Middle East, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) will hold a town hall meeting in her district to discuss ISIS. read more

• Rep. Cooper reaches for the stars with new military aide

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 16, 2014
  While Capitol Hill staffers often feel they are under constant siege, that's nothing for Rep. Jim Cooper's (D-Tenn.) new military assistant. read more

• Congressman’s African trip funded by Hollywood celebrity’s non-profit

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 7, 2014
  Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) received the star treatment despite traveling in a war-torn region.The Eastern Congo Initiative, founded by Ben Affleck, paid for the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in December. The congressman got the chance to meet various government and civil society leaders while getting to witness first-hand some of ECI's projects. read more

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