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Trump's nominee for Pentagon weapons buyer was a key figure in the president's first impeachment
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-weapons-buyer-impeachment-9402fc2db7b5d6cd6d82d9815be95a39WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the military’s top weapons buyer is an official who directed the Pentagon to withhold aid from Ukraine in 2019 as Trump sought a commitment from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family — a key component of the impeachment of Trump in his first term.
That relationship is raising questions among some senators about whether the nominee will follow the law if confirmed for a powerful new position that oversees a budget of $311 billion.
Michael Duffey, Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, served as the associate director at the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term.
In that job, he directed the Pentagon in July 2019 to place the hold on $391 million in security assistance for Ukraine. It continued until mid-September as Trump tried to secure an announcement from Zelenskyy about investigating Trump’s 2020 election rival Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden on corruption charges tied to the younger Biden’s role with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
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