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AIA Seeks Focus On Defense Modernization Issues

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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA)'s newest report finds a defense budget squeeze coming that will affect the next administration and wants presidential candidates to address the specifics of how they'll manage budget pressures and make future defense investments to keep the U.S. military on the cutting edge. "It is an absolutely critical debate to have among those who do aspire to become commander in chief because there are some very hard questions," Marion Blakey, AIA president and…

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