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Business/Financial

Budget A Top Issue As Defense Industry Leaders Set To Meet SECDEF

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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The defense budget will likely be top of the list of topics Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Marion Blakey and members of the association’s Executive Committee are expected to cover when they meet with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as scheduled for this morning. “The AIA leadership met with [former Defense Secretary Robert] Gates two times last year continuing that dialogue which we think is very important to have with the government,” said Alexis Allen, an AIA spokeswoman. At…

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