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Pentagon Purchasing Official Dropped Over Wife’s Ties to Northrop Grumman

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A senior US Air Force civilian official involved in purchasing from defense contractors has been reassigned because he did not reveal his wife’s financial ties to Northrop Grumman.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A senior US Air Force civilian official involved in purchasing from defense contractors has been reassigned because he did not reveal his wife’s financial ties to defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Air Force News Service (AFNS) announced.

“[Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Logistics] Richard Lombardi… was reassigned to duties outside of the Air Force acquisition portfolio,” the announcement stated on Friday.

The reassignment followed Lombardi’s voluntary disclosure that he had not reported a Northrop Grumman retirement account held by his wife in his annual public financial disclosure form, the AFNS explained.

“Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced that Darlene Costello, a senior acquisition official in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), is assuming {Lombardi’s] duties,” the announcement added.

The US Department of Defense Inspector General is investigating the Lombardi case, according to the announcement.

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