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Jun 12, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

One Million Job Losses Beginning in November
-- "Unless Congress acts before November 6, the yearly business cycle could bring a raft of pink slips just before voters head to the polls." --

Jun 6, 2012 Editorial
 
Even as our nation struggles to recover from the financial crisis, America's aerospace and defense industry embodies some of our greatest aspirations for the American economy.

It is a manufacturing industry at the cutting edge of technology and innovation. It is America's largest net exporter. It directly employs over 1 million American workers, and contributes to indirect employment of 2.5 million more.

Jun 1, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, accepted the prestigious Eisenhower Award last evening.  Given by the National Defense IndustrialAssociation, the award recognizes leaders “in support of the military services and other security-related agencies.”  Past recipients include former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of StaffRichard Myers and Colin Powel, General David Petraeus, and former HASC Chairman Ike Skelton. 

May 18, 2012 Press Release
“I am particularly proud of the fact that this bipartisan bill honors the service of our military personnel, veterans and their families." - McKeon
May 18, 2012 Defense Drumbeat
"Heritage Action opposes the Smith-Amash Amendment and will include it as a key vote on our scorecard."
May 17, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

By Max Boot
Wall Street Journal
April 18, 2012

May 17, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

"Obama in Kabul: The President gives his first major Afghan remarks since June."
Wall Street Journal editorial board
May 2, 2012

“President Obama has been in the political equivalent of an undisclosed location on Afghanistan for nearly a year, so what a pleasant surprise Tuesday to see him emerge on the subject . . . in Afghanistan.

May 17, 2012 Defense Drumbeat
 

Thirty one military service and veterans organizations urged Congress this week save America’s Armed Forces from the “catastrophic impact that sequestration would have on the defense budget and future national security.” 

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