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Maine's
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Defense
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May 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Bath
Iron
Works
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one
of
Maine's
largest
private
companies,
with
more
than
5,000
employees
-
recently
christened
the
USS
Stockdale,
the
30th
Aegis
guided
missile
destroyer
the
shipyard
has
produced.
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from
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and
politicians
illustrate
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"complex"
about
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"military
industrial
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