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A Chinese company will take charge of sensitive military and battery technology following the Treasury Department’s decision on Tuesday to permit the sale of a U.S. company that was bankrolled with tax dollars to the Shanghai-based Wanxiang firm. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the $256 million sale of A123 Systems’ operation, despite warnings from military insiders and lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the sale presents a danger to national security. A123 Systems, which went bankrupt despite the Obama administrations’ $249 million in green energy funding to produce advanced lithium ion batteries, controls 91 patents...

Exporting America: The list Here is a list of companies we've confirmed are "Exporting America." These are U.S. companies either sending American jobs overseas, or choosing to employ cheap overseas labor, instead of American workers. A 3Com 3M A. Schulman, Inc. Aalfs Manufacturing Aavid Thermal Technologies Abbott Laboratories ABC-NACO Accenture Access Electronics Accuride Corporation Accuride International Acme Packaging Adaptec ADC Admanco Adobe Air Adobe Systems Admanco Advanced Energy Industries Aei Acquisitions Aetna Affiliated Computer Services AFS Technologies A.G. Edwards Agere Systems Agilent Technologies A.H. Schreiber Co. AIG Air Products & ChemicalsÊ Alamo Rent A Car Albany International Corp. Albertson's Alcoa...

"John Kerry's attacks on outsourcing have no credibility considering Kerry's advisers have admitted his plan won't stop outsourcing and Kerry himself blamed his 'Benedict Arnold CEOs' refrain on 'overzealous speechwriters.' The reality is Kerry has voted 98 times for job-killing tax increases and at least 40 of his business supporters are outsourcing while Kerry misleadingly claims to be against it." - Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman Kerry's Tax Plan Is Disingenuous Kerry Campaign Officials Know Kerry's Plan Will Not Stop Outsourcing. "Campaign officials acknowledged that the new plan would not stop the broader trend of outsourcing jobs to low-wage...