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Kolesar

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1. "The companies will put up a fight (against cuts)"

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:44 AM

Oct 2012

... said former U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Danzig, now chairman of the Centre for a New American Security think tank. "But as long as the civilian and military leadership stick together, I don't think the companies will win."

This whole topic disgusts me. Our Congress is a bunch of ignoramuses who don't even know what our defense posture is.

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Firms, policymakers struggle as West's defence binge ends. [View all] dipsydoodle Oct 2012 OP

"The companies will put up a fight (against cuts)" Kolesar Oct 2012 #1

Correct: bemildred Oct 2012 #2