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With America engaged in military action abroad on multiple fronts, as well as waging our own war on unemployment and spending here at home, the issue of who is actually manufacturing our military equipment seems particularly relevant. Just weeks after Boeing’s hard-fought win over European rival EADS for the $35 billion tanker contract comes another U.S. Air Force (USAF) request for a new plane. And in much the same fashion as the tanker contract, this new request is also pitting America’s manufacturing labor force against that from a foreign country.

The Boeing selection was a win-win for America not only because they produce the finest, state-of-the-art air tankers with generations of American know-how behind them, but also because tens of thousands of aerospace jobs across numerous states were either protected or created along the supply chain that supports this industry. And the same would hold true in this latest case.

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