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The phrase 'military-industrial complex' triggers the question of which countries are the largest exporters of military equipment and which companies are the largest players in this space.
Howard Steven Friedman: World's Largest Weapons Exporters Howard Steven Friedman 2011
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A swollen federal government, a national security state, and what Eisenhower called a military-industrial complex were also legacies of the forty-four-year conflict.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The line comes from his 1961 Farewell Address, better known as the "military-industrial complex" speech.
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A swollen federal government, a national security state, and what Eisenhower called a military-industrial complex were also legacies of the forty-four-year conflict.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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In their third and final television debate, Elaine Marshall bashed incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr as a homophobic influence-peddler in thrall to big pharma and the military-industrial complex.
Michael Carmichael: Marshall Bashes Burr on Taxes, Gay Rights & Afghanistan Michael Carmichael 2010
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In their third and final television debate, Elaine Marshall bashed incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr as a homophobic influence-peddler in thrall to big pharma and the military-industrial complex.
Michael Carmichael: Marshall Bashes Burr on Taxes, Gay Rights & Afghanistan Michael Carmichael 2010
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Obviously, Biden's defensive rhetoric could not hide the long-term problems of a country that has become sadly paralyzed by a parochial and short-sighted political establishment, which is unable to tackle debt addiction and resolve the contradiction of an overstretched military and the considerable financial interests of the military-industrial complex.
David Gosset: Chinese Prudence vs. US Recklessness David Gosset 2011
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In their third and final television debate, Elaine Marshall bashed incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr as a homophobic influence-peddler in thrall to big pharma and the military-industrial complex.
Michael Carmichael: Marshall Bashes Burr on Taxes, Gay Rights & Afghanistan Michael Carmichael 2010
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So deeply is the economy (and our concomitant creature comforts) bound up with the military-industrial complex that even unabashed torture of the dehumanized "other" becomes an acceptable form of "collateral damage" in our providential pursuit of happiness.
Randall Amster: WikiLessons: War Is a Joke, But It Isn't Funny Randall Amster 2010
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So deeply is the economy (and our concomitant creature comforts) bound up with the military-industrial complex that even unabashed torture of the dehumanized "other" becomes an acceptable form of "collateral damage" in our providential pursuit of happiness.
Randall Amster: WikiLessons: War Is a Joke, But It Isn't Funny Randall Amster 2010
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