U.S. Drone Manufacturers Contribute Millions to Congressional Campaigns
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President Obama's drone fever is contagious and is spreading worldwide, and the American industries that build the drones are slavering over the chance to supply the demand.
Christopher Ames, the director of international strategy development for Pentagon contractor General Atomics Aeronautical, was almost gleeful in his statement to Reuters regarding the opening of a potentially lucrative overseas market for his company's remote control killing machines.
"There has been very considerable international interest," he told Reuters. "There have been countries that for a long time have been asking for Predator... (the export variant) opens up those markets to us."
webmaster@thenewamerican.com (Joe Wolverton, II) 15 Jul, 2012
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Source: http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12078-us-drone-manufacturers-contribute-millions-to-congressional-campaigns
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