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  • Of shoddy combat helmets and Democratic corruption

    05/08/2009 10:24:03 PM PDT · by neverdem · 13 replies · 1,931+ views
    American Thinker ^ | May 08, 2009 | Ed Lasky
    This story may or may not become big news. But it certainly says a lot about the earmark culture on Capitol Hill. A contractor, beneficiary of an earmark that the lobbyist group with close ties to John Murtha got for them, produced combat helmets so shoddy that the military has recalled 34,000 of them. The lobbyists, PMA Group, is mostly identified with Murtha but also garnered an astonishing number of earmarks from other lawmakers from both parties. They are now under investigation by the FBI for illegal campaign contributions among other transgressions. PMA Group Watch has the details: The Army...