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Monday, May 3rd, 2010

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Republican Security. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) chairs House Republicans' new National Security Solutions Group. The panel, according to the office of House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), "will take the lead in advocating and developing better solutions to the national security challenges we face and hold the Obama administration accountable when it pursues misguided policies that make the American people less safe." It is one of several House GOP…

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