Names Floated for Top Defense Jobs Under Romney

With the U.S. presidential election just over a month away, the campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is quietly accumulating the names of potential candidates who could fill out Defense Department leadership roles — including current and former defense executives. Names circulating among Romney aides include former SAIC CEO Walt Havenstein, CACI Chairman Jack London, EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe and Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Robert Stevens. Senior Romney defense advisers John Lehman, a former Navy secretary; former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn.; and former Pentagon comptroller Dov Zakheim also are frontrunners for top defense posts if Romney wins. Stevens said he had not been involved in any conversations with the campaign about potential positions, and that he has no intention of entering government, regardless of which party wins in November. “There ...

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