If the rules are too demanding, they're going to be hard pressed to find a place to operate other than a desert. When you build a military base, somebody is going to lose their land, somebody is going to object because of noise. But if everybody gets a veto then you're not going to have any new military bases anywhere.
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You have to wonder where the Army thinks it's going after Iraq.
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He has always taken the role of a controversial visionary whose job is to articulate a new path forward to people who don't want hear it.
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If it doesn't get the money, at some point down the road, Northrop is going to have to raise the cost of building warships to cover the cost of doing business.
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So far the Democrats look like better news for the defense industry than the Republicans, ... I don't see how anyone could disagree. The Democrats are on the record wanting to spend more money than Bush does. The Gore plan envisions spending 10 to 11 billion more a year on defense, whereas the Bush plan sees half as much (of an increase).
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