Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations
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Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 05 General Dynamics Stryker contract awarded after company hired former Army acquisition chief as lobby
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In June 2020, General Dynamics hired Bruce Jette, the U.S. Army’s top acquisition official, as a consultant—five months before the Army awarded Gener…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 04 Raytheon Patriot missiles 1 billion Saudi Arabia contract approved weeks after 100000 donation to Tr
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET On December 8, 2016—six weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration—Raytheon donated $100,000 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. On January 27, 20…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 03 Boeing KC-46 tanker 49 billion contract awarded after Boeing spent 10 million lobbying still not ful
THE ONE FACT THEY WON'T FORGET In 2011, the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $4.9 billion contract to build the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker—despite the company’s own internal docu…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 02 Lockheed Martin F-35 17 trillion program largest defense contract in history unit cost tripled from
THE LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35: $1.7 TRILLION, 20 YEARS, AND A SINGLE MEMO THAT EXPLAINS IT ALL THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2001, the Pentagon’s own cost analysts warned that the F…
Defense Contracts After Campaign Donations: 01 Halliburton Iraq Dick Cheneys former company received 395 billion in no-bid Iraq contracts after Che
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET Between 2003 and 2008, Halliburton—a company where Dick Cheney served as CEO until 2000—received $39.5 billion in Iraq-related contracts, the majorit…