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Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Hewlett-Packard, 3M Corporation, Boeing, asblLockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Staples, Barack Obama, Small Business Lending, Fraud, Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, Loans, Xerox, Contracting, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
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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Recovering to Death

Tom H. Hastings | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Minimum Wage, Jobless Recovery, Unemployment, Afghanistan, Economy, Raytheon, Defense Contractors, Recession, Politics News
Tom H. Hastings

Americans are on Full Oxymoron Alert these days, as we read and hear about this "jobless recovery." Recovery for whom?

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Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

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 10.18.2009 | Business

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
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 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raytheon, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, L-3 Communications, Gtsi, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Asbl, Loopholes, General Dynamics, Staples, 3M Company, Fraud, AT&T, Northrop Grumman, Small Business Administration, Booz Allen Hamilton, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
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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Its Official! Pentagon Cyber Command Gets Ready to "Stand Up"

Frida Berrigan | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Pentagon, Cybersecurity, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Cyberwar, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

It seems to me that the Pentagon, the administration and the military industrial complex are all treating cyberspace like any other battle domain.

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William Lynn Confirmed By Senate For Pentagon Post

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama William Lynn, William Lynn, William Lynn Defense Department, Raytheon, Raytheon Aerospace, Robert Gates, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm William Lynn as deputy defense secretary, endorsing President Barack Obama'...

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Why Obama Must Drop Daschle

Andy Ostroy | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raytheon, President Obama, Alston & Bird, International Monetary Fund, Tim Geithner, William Lynn, Tom Daschle, Imf, George W Bush, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Administration, Tom Daschle Health Secretary, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Let's face it, there's plenty of folks who can fill Daschle's post. He's an extraneous piece of the Obama puzzle.

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Gates: Ethics Rules May Be Doing Harm

Tribune | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Ethics, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Department of Defense, Robert Gates, Raytheon, William Lynn, Obama Administration, Obama William Lynn, Bill Lynn, Politics News

In his testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary Bob Gates certainly didn't talk specifics about the controversial nomina...

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Pentagon No. 2 Could Earn $500K Lobbying Pentagon

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama William Lynn, William Lynn, William Lynn Defense Department, Robert Gates, Obama Appointments, Obama Appointees, Obama Lobbyists, Barack Obama Lobbyist Policy, Raytheon, Raytheon Aerospace, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The man nominated to be the Pentagon's second-in-command could make at least a half-million dollars next month with vested stock he...

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Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

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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