Clinton offers steps to help defense industry

[Forkboy]

VALPARAISO, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton offered a package of measures on Saturday designed to keep U.S. defense manufacturing jobs in the United States.
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Clinton, a New York senator, said the drain of U.S. manufacturing jobs to foreign countries under President George W. Bush was hurting companies that serve the U.S. military.

"We're not just outsourcing jobs, we're outsourcing our security. This has got to stop," she said in Valparaiso, which lost 225 jobs when the Magnaquench company moved them to China five years ago.

The company made "neo" magnets, critical components in the guidance systems of military smart bombs. Two former Magnaquench workers appeared with Clinton at a rally where she proposed steps to try to save similar companies.

"We've got to elect a president next year that will remember Magnaquench, remember the story and remember the technology," the New York senator said.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/04/12/clinton_offers_steps_to_help_defense_industry/

[ericgtr]

1. Who would believe anything she says at this point?

Even if she meant it?

[Kittycat]

2. I don't.

[billyoc]

3. She's promised these jobs to H1-B visa applicants. nt

[keep_it_real]

4. She has a promises, promises for everybody but if she was to get

Elected . . . forget about it . . . she won't know you. You'll be sniper fire. Her promises are fish stories.

[Forkboy]

5. Candidates always promise far more than they can deliver.

The trick is to find the one that can come closest to fulfilling them. For me, Hillary won't come close. But I could be wrong.

[Exilednight]

6. She promised more than 200,000 jobs to upstate NY if elected to the Senate........

instead there has been a loss of over 40,000 jobs.

[EFerrari]

7. I read about that yesterday. You beat me. n/t

[Diogenes2]

8. Oh, I believe her...

If elected, she will do everything in her power to help the defense industry. A cluster-bomb factory in every garage!! Let's put America back to work!