The Department of Foreign Affairs avoids an official who has worked on a plan that allowed his former employer Raytheon to make billions of arms sales: WSJ

The state department has ousted a senior official involved in a plan giving his former employer, Raytheon's defense subcontractor, billions of dollars in arms sales. The Wall Street Journal reports. Charles Faulkner, Deputy Assistant Secretary at State, reportedly resigned in early May after drafting an emergency statement saying "$ 8 billion in arms sales would have been accelerated" in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Emirates United. Faulkner was an "outside lobbyist" for Raytheon. The statement of urgency used reported growing tensions between the United States and Iran to circumvent Congressional control. Democrats are currently investigating whether Faulkner violated Trump's ethical rules by participating in the declaration discussions. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House will review Faulkner's actions at a hearing scheduled next week. Faulkner refused to comment.