WAR DEPARTMENT

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FOUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS GOT OVER $100 MILLION IN PORK

AVIATION WEEK - Christmas came a little early for some of the nations'
biggest defense contractors this year, in the form of the 2008 Defense
Appropriations bill, which was signed earlier this month by President
Bush. According to an analysis by Government Executive, the nation's 20
biggest federal contractors racked up at least 80 earmarks worth more
than $212 million in the '08 budget.

The $212 million might not seem like that much when you consider that
there are a staggering 2,100 earmarks clocking in at about $8 billion
weighing down the '08 appropriations bill, but when you consider that
four contractors alone made up more than half of the $212 million, ears
might perk up.

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