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Finally, decades spent in the Pentagon's procurement labyrinth have bred an atmosphere of mutual distrust in the defense-contracting world.
The Silver Lining to Defense Budget Cuts Arthur Herman 2012
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The paired cases to be argued Tuesday involve a long-running, otherwise dry defense-contracting conflict over a canceled stealth aircraft.
Test of 'state secrets' shield goes before Supreme Court 2011
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• Murtha's turf, after Murtha: Johnstown, Pa., a defense-contracting hub, looks at prospects without the master of the pork barrel.
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But Johnstown's future as a defense-contracting hub is in doubt following Mr. Murtha's death in February.
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Last week, in a widely anticipated ruling, a federal appeals court in Boston said the IRS could gain access to documents created by a defense-contracting firm to determine whether the company's calculation of its tax liabilities would pass muster during a possible IRS audit.
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But in fact, the cost-plus-award method is an extremely common arrangement throughout the defense-contracting industry; one can leaf through the pages of Defense Daily and see many hundreds of contracts handled on the same basis.
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It appears that Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the most awe-inspiringly corrupt politician in recent memory, and his equally-audacious defense-contracting partner-in-crime Mitchell Wade have ended our long, sad drought of illicit government sex.
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ITT rose 3.22, or 5.6%, to 60.81 after the industrial conglomerate posted an increase in first-quarter profit, helped by growth in its defense-contracting business.
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'U.S. Rep. Davis to Retire, Ending 14-Year Tenure in Congress'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) said today he will retire from Congress at the end of the year, bringing to a close a 14-year stint in the House where he rose rapidly through the ranks of Republican leadership and championed such issues as DC voting rights and a vibrant defense-contracting industry.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Rep. Davis to Retire, Ending 14-Year Tenure in Congress 2008
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Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) said today he will retire from Congress at the end of the year, bringing to a close a 14-year stint in the House where he rose rapidly through the ranks of Republican leadership and championed such issues as DC voting rights and a vibrant defense-contracting industry.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Rep. Davis to Retire, Ending 14-Year Tenure in Congress 2008
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