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In reply to the discussion: Funny how that works. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)52. Dan Quayle? The Potatoe?
That guy knows how to make a buck off war.
" AP Wirephoto) Dan Quayle, left, holds a pumpkin next to his head at a country fair..."
Actual cutline (going from memory).
Top-100 Defense Contractors 2014
U.S. Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2014 FY 2013 & FY 2012: Top-100 DoD in 2013 Top-100 DoD in 2012 The following is a list of the Top-100 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Prime Contractors in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 ranked by total contract funds awarded. In FY 2014, the DoD awarded a total of $286.41 billion in defense contracts down 7.7% from $310.23 billion in FY 2013. The DoD's share of total government contracts was 63.9% in FY14 down from 66.9% in FY13.
In FY 2014, top awardee Lockheed Martin received $25.31 billion in prime contracts or 8.8% of total contract funds awarded by the DoD. Runner-up was Boeing with $18.22 billion (6.4%) followed by General Dynamics in third place with $13.62 billion (4.8%). Raytheon received $11.92 billion (4.2%) followed by Northrop Grumman, United Technologies, L-3 Communications, BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls, and SAIC/Leidos. BAE Systems, #8 on the list, was the largest foreign defense contractor in FY 2014.
SNIP...(a few spots past IBM)...
73. Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
SOURCE: http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/Top-100-Defense-Contractors-2014.html
Vice President Spuds has done well for himself, post-government service.
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How far would some people go to become billionaires? Now, assume those people are
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#2
Thanks for the great links. Will need to bookmark and read most later.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2015
#21
Carlyle Group pioneered the way forward. Others, like Trireme Partnerships followed...
Octafish
Aug 2015
#40
It's to show them for what they are: supporters of warmongers, war criminals and traitors.
Octafish
Aug 2015
#36
People who say: ''Bush lied America into war'' are like NAZIs, BFEE Judge Silberman said.
Octafish
Aug 2015
#89
Rummy & Cheney are conspirators from WAYYY back, to the Ford Administration IIRC... One was
Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2015
#97