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Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteernew

Across Minnesota, from the Twin Cities to the smallest rural towns, are often-scrappy companies with a handful of employees who work contracts from the low thousands to the low millions. Some estimate the number of companies doing defense-related business in the state at numbers as high as 2,000.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Jeff Severns Guntzel  |  07-02-2008  |  Business & Labor

School District Resists Military Recruiters' Methodsnew

A school district in New York State is standing up to the Pentagon by turning over information about students to military recruiters only if parents specifically request that it does so.
City Newspaper  |  Krestia DeGeorge  |  03-25-2005  |  War

Pork-Pillow Politics: Senator Helps Out Her Husband's Employernew

Seattle-based SSA Marine, which has been awarded no-bid deals in Iraq, has contributed money to Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who has, in turn, sought federal dollars for SSA. But the real conflict of interest is the fact that Murray's husband works for SSA. She cites his retirement fund as her major personal asset.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  07-30-2004  |  Politics

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