Obama Sets Rules on Ethics and Transparency...then makes an exception for an appointee

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The Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel requires that lobbyists who become members of Obama administration will not be able to work on matters they lobbied on for two years,

There have already been notable exceptions to this rule, with one of them being Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who was a registered lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon before being appointed. Obama administration

[link to blogs.abcnews.com]