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Eyeing Economic Rebound, Trump Includes Defense Leaders As Part Of Revival

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

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Eyeing Economic Rebound, Trump Includes Defense Leaders As Part Of Revival

President Donald Trump. Photo: White House.

Hoping to jumpstart a dramatically worsening U.S. economy, at least in some areas of the country by May 1, President Trump on Tuesday announced a Great American Economic Revival that will include input from experts and industry leaders, including the defense sector. The bipartisan American Economic Revival Industry Groups “will work together with the White House to chart the path forward toward a future of unparalleled American Prosperity,” the White House said in a brief statement listing the groups and…

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