Revolving door

Eisenhower warned against the power of the military-industrial complex and when Obama took office he declared and end to the revolving door between people who worked in the defense department and the defense industry. He said that anyone working for him would have to wait two years after leaving government before working in private industry. After he was elected and before he was inaugurated, he broke his rule. Willian Lynn who was a lobbyist for Raytheon and he had previously worked in the Clinton defense department where he was in charge of budgets and acquisitions before he took his job at Raytheon. Obama hired Lynn and three years later he left to work to return to private industry where he worked as a CEO making $10 million per year. This sort of thing happens on a regular basis in all administrations. A GAO report in 2021 showed that 28 of the 32 generals and admirals that retired went to work in private industry as lobbyist or consultants.