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House Committee Chairman Helps Company Linked to His Son

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) presides over a hearing about the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons on Capitol Hill September 10, 2013 in Washington, DC — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) presides over a hearing about the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons on Capitol Hill September 10, 2013 in Washington, DC
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Roxana Tiron

November 12, 2014, 10:30 AM UTCUpdated onNovember 12, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

If Howard “Buck” McKeon gets his way, one of his last acts as House Armed Services Committee chairman may be helping a home-state company that enlisted his son as a consultant.

McKeon’s committee incorporated into this year’s Defense authorization bill a requirement that the Pentagon spend as much as $35 million a year on a pilot program that would hire private companies to place veterans in jobs.