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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (243604)	3/28/2002 10:32:09 PM
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LOL >Bush Family Links to Winner of Defense Contract In September, the Army signed a $665 million contract with UDI (United Defense Industries), a Carlye Group-controlled contractor. In January, Bush signed a defense appropriations bill that included $487 million for the 'Crusader Advanced Field Artillery System'. A Pentagon advisory panel had recommended canceling the Crusader, and rejected the Crusader program back in '97 by the National Defense Panel as being "inappropriate for modern warfare". The Carlyle Group, of course, has close ties to Bush, which probably explains why he's willing to pour millions of dollars into a system which has been rejected in the past. Read more: news.independent.co.uk

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