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US: Business booming for U.S. defense contractors

U.S. defence contractors are riding high these days, buoyed by rising Pentagon spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the high cost of homeland security in the U.S.-declared war on...

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KATRINA: Northrop Makes Pitch for Storm Aid

The Northrop Grumman Corporation, the largest builder of warships in the world, was on a charm offensive here Tuesday. Armed with slides and charts, Philip A. Teel, who runs Northrop's shipyards, led a...

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US: Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors for Border Control

The quick fix may involve sending in the National Guard. But to really patch up the broken border, President Bush is preparing to turn to a familiar administration partner: the nation's giant military...

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INDIA: Building a Modern Arsenal in India

India is developing a military appetite to match its growing economic power. With a ballooning arms budget, India will soon become one of the largest military markets in the world, making it an...

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Domestic Spying, Inc.

A new U.S. intelligence institution will allow government spy agencies to conduct broad surveillance and reconnaissance inside the country for the first time. Contractors like Boeing, BAE Systems,...

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UK: FBI wants instant access to British identity data

Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints

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US: The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon

Like much of the rest of the world, Americans know that the U.S. automotive industry is in the grips of what may be a fatal decline. A similar crisis exists when it comes to the military-industrial...

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US: Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for U.S. Government

The Obama administration

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Companies lobby (quietly) on Armenia genocide bill

In an effort to keep business ties with Turkey, five military contractors and one energy company (Chevron) lobby against a U.S. bill that would label Turkey's slaugther of a million Aremnians during...

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