Lloyd Austin, Biden's apparent pick for DOD chief, is part of this same investor group we reported on last week, Pine Island Capital, which has been investing in defense contractors he will now oversee. nyti.ms/2VaGHqC
From Pine Island Capital's website. Guessing this will disappear soon. So here it is.
And here are some of Pine Island Capital's investments, small defense contractors that would now be coming to the Pentagon and a potential new SecDef, who until recently had been an investor, for new businesses.
Also from recent S1--SEC filing as they formed a "blank check" company to acquire new targets likely in the defense sector (We reported all this last week) int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
See this story today's NYT for more details....with @kenvogel @laforgia_ Biden’s Choice for Pentagon Faces Questions on Ties to Contractors nyti.ms/36Z8y3U

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