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Weak Economy Could Give Reprieve For Programs On Chopping Block, Obama Adviser Says

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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic President-elect Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the economy with additional government spending could include several big-ticket defense programs that might otherwise have been headed toward cutbacks or termination, a former defense official who advised Obama's campaign said yesterday. "There are some fairly critical decisions that have to be made in the first few months," said Paul Kaminski, the Pentagon weapons buyer during the Clinton administration. "The economy...will be a factor in pushing things more into leaning-forward mode."…

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