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Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: White House, Chairman, Pentagon, Lockheed Martin, Center for Public Integrity, Boeing, Washington, Maryland, Nuclear Disarmament, United States, General Dynamics, House Armed Services Committee, President, Obama Administration, Northrop Grumman, Department of Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Department of Energy, Republican Party, Senate, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By R. Jeffrey SmithiWatch NewsThe chairman of a House subcommittee that helps shape the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), has bee...

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World's Largest Weapons Exporters

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Boeing, Russia, Lockheed Martin, Military Industrial Complex, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Raytheon, United States, General Dynamics, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, United States Military, Northrop Grumman, Dwight Eisenhower, Military, Germany, South Korea, Slidepollajax, Japan, Iraq, Kuwait, China, World News
Howard Steven Friedman

Not surprisingly, the United States is by far the largest arms exporter, with Russia being the only country with more than half the value of military exports.

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Military Contractors Make Their Move on the Deficit Committee

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Political Economy Research Institute, Corruption, Raytheon, Peri, Brave New Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Lobbying, Boeing, Jobs, Second to None, General Dynamics, Military Contractors, War Industry, Unemployment, Murray, War Costs, Politico, Northrop Grummon, Hensarling, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

The new deficit commission is holding its first substantive meeting on Tuesday, and the military contractors are out in force to protect their profits.

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Pentagon's Scare Campaign Based On Budget Spin, Not Facts

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Boeing, Debt, Brave New Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Budget, Raytheon, Donna Cassata, War Spending, Supercommittee, General Dynamics, Deficit, Panetta, Super Committee, Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, War Costs, Defense Spending, Third World America, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

The Pentagon and their war industry allies are mounting an aggressive, fear-based campaign of hyperbole and spin to scare Congress away from cuts that could affect contractor profits.

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America to its Military-Industrial Complex: Happy Valentine's Day!

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jackson Williams

An 18-day peaceful revolution has just toppled Egypt's 30-year Mubarak dictatorship. As the free-falling government dispatched American-made F-16s to...

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FDIC Forum Ignores #1 Challenge for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raytheon, Small Business, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Lending, Boeing, Economy, Middle Class, Forum, Jobs, Asbl, Loopholes, General Dynamics, Saic, Fdic, Fraud, Northrop Grumman, John Deere, Bechtel, Loans, Xerox, Ben Bernanke, Economic Stimulus, Sheila Bair, Dell Computer, Small Business America, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Let's just try something crazy like not giving federal small business contracts to some of the biggest companies in the world, and instead direct those dollars to the nation's 27 million small businesses.

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Navy Weighs Ship's Design, Along With Its Own Future

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Navy Ship Design, Lockheed Martin, Austal, Littoral Combat Ship, Military, Navy Fleet, General Dynamics, Navy, Navy Future, US Navy, Politics News

This summer, the Navy expects to choose between two competing designs for the Littoral Combat Ship, a fast, shore-hugging warship that will take on 21...

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New In-depth Report Challenges Obama Small Business Track Record

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Office Depot, Raytheon, Women-Owned-Business, General Dynamics, Loopholes, Minority Owned Business, Fraud, Veteran-Owned Business, Xerox, Barack Obama, Starwood Hotels, Cit, Bechtel, American Small Business League, Lockheed Martin, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) has concluded an examination and report on President Barack Obama's track record for small businesses, and u...

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Obama Small Business Task Force Will Likely Threaten Small Business Programs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, Small Business, Economy, Boeing, Middle Class, Task Force, Jobs, Mantech, General Dynamics, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, Job Creation, Dell Computer, Lockheed Martin, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The largest recipient of federal small business contracts last year was Textron, Inc., a Fortune 500 firm with over 43,000 employees and over $14 billion a year in annual revenue.

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Turning Swords into High Speed Rail - Obama's iAmerica

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, General Electric, Inventing, Living News, President Obama, American Ingenuity, Boeing, Civil Projects, Public Works Projects, Thomas Edison, Green Business, Green Living, Political Opinion, Defense Budget, General Dynamics, High Speed Rail Projects, Fdr, Defense Spending, Chrysler, General Motors, Henry Ford, Green Technology, Rail, High Speed Rail, Technology, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Environment, Aviation/Aerospace, Military, Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, Politics, Government, Politics News
Brian Ross

President Obama wants to bulk up high-speed rail, and scale down defense spending. FDR converted peace-time manufacturers into a dominating wartime pr...

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Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initia...

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Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Chris Gunn

We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.

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Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

According to information in the Federal Procurement Data System, eight of the top ten recipients of federal small business contracts were actually large businesses or divisions of large businesses.

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Obama Spouts Pro Small Business Rhetoric, But Gives Small Business Billions to Corporate Giants

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Chapman

When you look closely at Obama's policies towards small businesses you start to think its just a matter of time before he loads small business owners into crowded train cars headed for prison camps.

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Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fortune 1000, Raytheon, Small Business, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Fortune 500, Windfall Profits, Middle Class, Home Depot, General Dynamics, Dell Computers, Rolls-Royce, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, Xerox, John Deere, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The surprisingly low priority Obama has given small business issues on his websites is a clear indication this is not going to be a pro small business administration.

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Northrop Grumman Bids To Build Humvees For U.S. Military

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Lockheed, Northrup, Humvees, Textron, Business News

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a contract potentially valued at billions of dollars to build vehicles to replace the Humvees that now provide basic...

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