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He called the national-security concerns "vague and unsubstantiated," and said that voicing such concerns prevents open competition in U.S. markets.
Congress to Investigate Electronic Spy Threats Siobhan Gorman 2011
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Lael Brainard, the U.S. Treasury under secretary for international affairs, said in an interview a failure to adequately fund the institutions will mean "our long-term national-security prospects will be hampered in fragile countries."
U.S. House Targets World Bank Funds Sudeep Reddy 2011
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For example, a serviceman back from his third tour in Iraq could sell a national-security thriller more effectively than I could.
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Investigators are considering a range of possible motives, including unlawful financial gain, theft of trade secrets and a national-security threat designed to damage the exchange.
Nasdaq Acknowledges Security Breach Devlin Barrett 2011
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Cross-border investments from sovereign wealth funds or state-owned companies often raise national-security concerns in areas of energy, defense and technology.
Clinton, in Asia, Says U.S. Will Find Debt Solution Alex Frangos 2011
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"I expect to see more activity on federal spending and federal revenues than on a new national-security strategy over the next year," said Matthew Leatherman, a defense-budget analyst at the non-partisan Stimson Center.
Defense Nominee Is Budget Warrior Nathan Hodge 2011
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At the time, Mr. Blair cited national-security reasons, but the move sparked a political uproar that drew even more attention to the company.
Britain Delays Imposing New Bribery Law Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Other infrastructure components have been compromised in the past, including a case in which hackers planted potentially disruptive software programs in the U.S. electrical grid, according to current and former national-security officials.
Nasdaq Acknowledges Security Breach Devlin Barrett 2011
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Google traced the attacks to the eastern Chinese city of Jinan, a base for the national-security arm of the People's Liberation Army and the locale of last year's hacking.
China Goes Phishing L. Gordon Crovitz 2011
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The intelligence depicts a Libyan leader who "doesn't feel safe anymore" in Tripoli because of stepped-up strikes by North Atlantic Treaty Organization aircraft and by battlefield gains by rebel forces, according to a senior U.S. national-security official briefed on the recent reports that the intelligence community has shared with the White House and other agencies.
U.S. Says Gadhafi Might Flee Tripoli Adam Entous 2011
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