Thread: Boom time for war contractors ‘raking in the dough’

War's necessary! US defense contractors 'raking in the dough'

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May 18, 2011

America may be being dragged down by record debt and unemployment filtering throughout the economy - but there's one industry that's bucking the trend. It's a boom time for arms manufacturers right now, and they're branding themselves as saviours of the job market. RT's Kaelyn Forde reports on how Americans have little choice but to go gunning for work.

Dictator Toppled: Long Live the Dictator!

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May 18, 2011

For more on post-revolution Egypt, RT joined by Professor Mark Almond, who's an historian and expert on international relations at Oxford University.