Elizabeth Warren takes care of defense business back home

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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/elizabeth-warren-defense-massachusetts-115157.html

Elizabeth Warren takes care of defense business back home
By Austin Wright and Jen Judson
2/13/15 5:31 AM EST

Elizabeth Warren’s standing as a liberal warrior immune to the influence of Big Business hasn’t stopped her from pushing the interests of major defense contractors back home.

Warren has fought to stop the Army from shifting funds away from a Massachusetts-built communications network to pay for unanticipated costs associated with the war in Afghanistan. She’s lobbied for problem-plagued General Dynamics-made tactical radios. And she’s pledged to protect Westover Air Reserve Base from the budget ax — all while saying she supports “targeted” cuts elsewhere.

It’s a delicate dance in a state where defense giant Raytheon is one of the largest employers and brings in billions of dollars each year in federal contracts.

The freshman Democrat from Massachusetts insists she’s not running for president, despite a movement to draft her. But if she did — and took on front-runner Hillary Clinton — she’d likely face scrutiny over the way she’s balanced her populist views with her sometimes-penchant for pursuing the well-worn practice of pork-barrel politics.

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1. Yeah, EW fails my hypothetical purity test, but still scores higher than almost everyone else.

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2. IMO, EVERY politician trolls for 'defense' dollars in their districts.

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3. K&R