Ah - here's the question. Are they American owned? I believe according to the article, we are talking about American owned and operated steel fabricators, not foreign-owned. If I'm not mistaken there is a clause in Defense contracts which states that certain items must be provided by American-owned/operated businesses...
Yep, Liberals gut defense budgets and hurt our national security while republicans gut our business infrastructure to hurt our economic and security interests. One's as bad as the other.