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	<description>A Northwest Perspective on the Defense Industry</description>
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		<title>Significant market share lost due to unfair preferences for labor performed by federal inmates through a government-run corporation known as Federal Prison Industries (FPI)</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/significant-market-share-lost-due-to-unfair-preferences-for-labor-performed-by-federal-inmates-through-a-government-run-corporation-known-as-federal-prison-industries-fpi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathandouglaslong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, manufacturers have lost significant market share in DOD clothing and textiles because of FPI’s preference. FPI as a mandatory source should be limited so more job opportunities can be provided to the U.S. domestic manufacturing base. While &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/significant-market-share-lost-due-to-unfair-preferences-for-labor-performed-by-federal-inmates-through-a-government-run-corporation-known-as-federal-prison-industries-fpi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=267&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Army to Launch JLTV Competition</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/army-to-launch-jltv-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debt Crisis?  Bah!  The US Army has announced that it&#8217;s getting close to holding a full and open competition for its next generation Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).  This ground pounding bad boy has brought out almost all of the &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/army-to-launch-jltv-competition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=261&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Default Day Looms: Will you get paid?  Who knows!</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/default-day-looms-will-you-get-paid-who-knows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt cieling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime in early August, Uncle Sam&#8217;s checking account is going to get pretty messy if Congress and the President can&#8217;t arrive at some sort of meaningful solution.  Is this a stupid, manufactured disaster?  Probably so.  Will that change the facts &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/default-day-looms-will-you-get-paid-who-knows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=254&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Trails, Atlantis!</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/happy-trails-atlantis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a big day in the history of manned spaceflight in the US.  The last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of one of the most iconic (and expensive) programs the country has ever undertaken.  Whether &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/happy-trails-atlantis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=250&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now Everybody Wants Their Own&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/now-everybody-wants-their-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then the US defense industry should be awfully proud of itself.  Just look around the world at all of the new unmanned systems in development.  In today&#8217;s Washington Post, there&#8217;s a great &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/now-everybody-wants-their-own/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=245&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So Long, Mr. Secretary, and Welcome Home!</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/so-long-mr-secretary-and-welcome-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Regional News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 30 years of public service under eight presidents of both parties, Robert Gates is stepping down as the 22nd Secretary of Defense.   His 4 1/2 year tenure as SecDef under presidents Bush and Obama was arguably one of &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/so-long-mr-secretary-and-welcome-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=232&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Strike Fighter: The Map Says it All</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/joint-strike-fighter-the-map-says-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s modern weapons systems possess the most advanced features known to humanity: sophisticated avionics, advanced materials, high performance power plants, and most importantly&#8230; extremely well planned supply chains to ensure survivability.  To that end, take a look at Lockheed Martin&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/joint-strike-fighter-the-map-says-it-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=227&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Air Show: New Russian Firefighting Plane</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/paris-air-show-new-russian-firefighting-plane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beriev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia Helicopters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paris Air Show is now in full swing, and a number of our good friends in the blogosphere are featuring wall-to-wall coverage of all the news coming out of Le Bourget.  Sadly, the PNDC budget doesn&#8217;t support such a &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/paris-air-show-new-russian-firefighting-plane/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=222&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ground Vehicles Lead the Spending Charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; If you want to know where the Pentagon is dropping taxpayer dollars in vast quantities, look for big rolling objects.  That&#8217;s the word from an analysis by Michael Fabey in AvWeek&#8217;s Aerospace Daily and Defense Report.  Here&#8217;s an excerpt: &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/ground-vehicles-lead-the-spending-charge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=217&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exports: Saving our Bacon?</title>
		<link>http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/exports-saving-our-bacon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brice Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The budget situation in the United States looks pretty awful for the foreseeable future.  Where the Department of Defense will land in the upcoming slew of red ink is still an open (and much debated) question, but nobody is placing &#8230; <a href="http://pndc.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/exports-saving-our-bacon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pndc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5317192&amp;post=213&amp;subd=pndc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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