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U.S. largest global weapons supplier

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago  
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The United States expanded its dominant role as the largest global weapons supplier in 2008 despite a recession that hurt arms sales, a government report said. The report, released to Congress Friday by the Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, is considered to provide...
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