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The announcement, entered into the Federal Register, stated that the Pentagon, NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard were no longer required to hit a 5-percent contracting goal with small businesses owned by minorities.
Lloyd Chapman: Obama Sneaks Job-Killing, Anti-Minority Small-Business Policy Past Mainstream Media Lloyd Chapman 2011
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Oddly enough, at this past weekend's CPAC convention, it was Sarah Palin who highlighted the "8.5-percent unemployment and 13 million Americans who can't find work," concluding that "it's not a failure of the American people, it is not a failure of America itself -- it is the failure of our leadership."
Arianna Huffington: Balloon Boy Politics: The Media's Embrace of Birth Contracalypse 2012 Arianna Huffington 2012
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And he is considering an additional 5-percent cut in the request that will go to Congress in February.
Elections put new focus on government spending Lori Montgomery 2010
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The announcement, entered into the Federal Register, stated that the Pentagon, NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard were no longer required to hit a 5-percent contracting goal with small businesses owned by minorities.
Lloyd Chapman: Obama Sneaks Job-Killing, Anti-Minority Small-Business Policy Past Mainstream Media Lloyd Chapman 2011
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And he is considering an additional 5-percent cut in the request that will go to Congress in February.
Elections put new focus on government spending Lori Montgomery 2010
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And he is considering an additional 5-percent cut in the request that will go to Congress in February.
Elections put new focus on government spending Lori Montgomery 2010
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These figures represent a death toll increase of 22 percent and a 4.5-percent expenditure increase from 2009.
Wendy Keefover-Ring: The Ugly Cost of Killing Wendy Keefover-Ring 2011
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These figures represent a death toll increase of 22 percent and a 4.5-percent expenditure increase from 2009.
Wendy Keefover-Ring: The Ugly Cost of Killing Wendy Keefover-Ring 2011
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These figures represent a death toll increase of 22 percent and a 4.5-percent expenditure increase from 2009.
Wendy Keefover-Ring: The Ugly Cost of Killing Wendy Keefover-Ring 2011
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The announcement, entered into the Federal Register, stated that the Pentagon, NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard were no longer required to hit a 5-percent contracting goal with small businesses owned by minorities.
Lloyd Chapman: Obama Sneaks Job-Killing, Anti-Minority Small-Business Policy Past Mainstream Media Lloyd Chapman 2011
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