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Monday, March 10th, 2008

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Free or Fair Trade? As the presidential campaign reached Ohio last week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was quoted in the Los Angeles Times responding to the Air Force's decision to award a contract for aerial refueling tankers to Northrop Grummanover Boeingas saying she is "deeply concerned about the Bush administration's decision to outsource the production of refueling tankers for the American military." Clinton has long supported the efforts…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

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