Army acquisition chief to retire in January

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Photo by Dan Gross / For Defense News Assistant Secretary Heidi Shyu says “I have a binder yea thick of impacts of a continuing resolution”. Hon. Heidi Shyu, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition and Commander Dennis L. Via, U.S. Army Materiel Command answer questions during a press conference at the 2015 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition. Monday October 12, 2015. Walter E Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

US Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu, who has played a major role in the service’s weapon systems procurement branch for five years during a tumultuous time, announced she will retire at the end of January in an email to her staff sent earlier this week.

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