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President Obama's nominee for Army Secretary has requested $40 million in earmarks to be added to the defense appropriations bill. Rep. John McHugh [7], a Republican congressman from New York, called for $4.7 million for the Lockheed Martin [8] aviation corporation, which has contributed $35,000 to his congressional campaigns, according to the Center for Responsive Politics [9]. "Rockwell Collins, Inc., a defense contractor with a facility in upstate New York would receive $2 million under the requests. ... Rockwell Collins until this year had been a client of PMA Group [10] lobbying firm, which closed after it was the target of an FBI investigation into campaign finance violations. PMA’s political action committee, its employees and its clients gave $160,250 to McHugh’s congressional campaigns." McHugh is the top Republican serving on the House Armed Services Committee [11].
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[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/lobbying
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace
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[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_McHugh
[8] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lockheed_Martin
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Responsive_Politics
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PMA_Group
[11] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/House_Armed_Services_Committee
[12] http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63323