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• A Tougher Line on Government Contracting

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tougher, Line, Government, Contracting, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Alexandria, Bethesda, Capitol Hill, Donald H Rumsfeld, Donald Winter, Falls Church, John T Schofield, Loren Thompson, Robert Doolittle, San Diego, The Pentagon, Thomas Ju

  They are called Freedom and Independence. The two competing ships, based in San Diego, are designed to dodge mines, hunt for submarines and conduct special operations at high speeds of up to 45 knots. Whichever prototype proves superior -- either Lockheed Martin's Freedom or General Dynamics' Ind...

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• Navy Cancels Another Ship Contract

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Navy, Cancels, Another, Ship, Contract, General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Donald Winter, Allison Stiller, Bernard J Mccullough, Bethesda, Falls Church, U S Navy

  The Navy yesterday terminated a General Dynamics contract to build a ship to patrol waters close to shore after the company and the service were unable to strike a deal on costs.

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• Spurred by Gratitude, 'Bomb Lady' Develops Better Weapons for U.S.

  Published: December 1, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Spurred, Gratitude, Bomb, Lady, Develops, Better, Weapons, For, U S, Anh Duong, Eventually Duong, United States, Vietnam, Iraq, Saigon, The Pentagon, Thomas A Betro, Donald Winter, Doug Elstrodt, Karen Burrows, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nevada, West

  On the nights when no mortar shells fell, Anh Duong listened to the Saigon crickets. More often, though, the girl lay by her open window, her hair damp against her cheeks, and wondered, as the lights from flares flickered on the leaves of a plum tree, if the next Viet Cong rocket would smash into...

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