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        <title><![CDATA[Robert Levinson - Former Senior Defense Analyst]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mattis Moves to Protect Defense Supply Chain From Rivals' Theft]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has named a task force to recommend ways to protect critical technologies from theft by China, Russia or other adversaries.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lockheed’s F-35 Has a Turkey Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Congress could block the sale of fighter jets to Turkey. The only problem? The country manufactures essential parts for the F-35.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Makes Its First Move to Build Border Wall]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cary O'Reilly]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:22:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defense Contractors Spread the Wealth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Defense contractors give a lot of business to ... defense contractors]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Defense companies give a lot of business to each other</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chart: How Booz Allen Hamilton Swallowed Washington]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The consultancy has quietly grown into a contracting behemoth]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-13/chart-how-booz-allen-hamilton-swallowed-washington</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:03:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The consultancy has quietly grown into a contracting behemoth</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Geography of Defense Cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A look at defense contract spending in the top 20 districts]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A look at defense contract spending in the top 20 districts</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Romney’s Defense-Budget Growth Tops Cold War Pace: BGOV Insight]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Megaupload Arrests May Deter Technology Entrepreneurs]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-01-30/megaupload-arrests-may-deter-technology-entrepreneurs-correct-</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The F-35’s Global Supply Chain]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:25:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive program in Pentagon history. A look at the U.S. Marine Corps version</media:description>
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