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In related news, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has reiterated his plea to Congress to swiftly approve the national security supplemental request put forth by the Biden administration.
Austin has pointed out that a substantial portion of the allocated funds is intended to circulate back into the United States' industrial sector in the form of investments.
He expressed optimism, saying, "I am hopeful that Congress will expeditiously approve the President's crucial national security supplemental request, which encompasses an additional $50 billion to bolster the US industrial base. A significant proportion of these funds will return to our nation through investments aimed at creating American jobs."
Austin delivered these remarks at the US-Ukraine Defense Industrial Base Conference.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/austin-pushes-congress-for-new--50bn-kiev-aid--promises-roi
Military-industrial complex:
The phrase was thought to have been "war-based" industrial complex before becoming "military" in later drafts of Eisenhower's speech, a claim passed on only by oral history. Geoffrey Perret, in his biography of Eisenhower, claims that, in one draft of the speech, the phrase was "military–industrial–congressional complex", indicating the essential role that the United States Congress plays in the propagation of the military industry, but the word "congressional" was dropped from the final version to appease the then-currently elected officials.
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