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Who thought it was a good idea to pour U.S. military funds into a Chinese Communist-owned firm? Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus chair Joni Ernst wants the Department of Defense to ax contracts with a very sketchy company.
NewYork-basedS&LAerospaceMetalsLLC,accordingtoaletterErnstsharedwithTheDailyCallerNewsFoundation(DCNF),receivednolessthan$60millionintaxpayerfundsviadefensecontractsandsubcontracts.S&LwastoproducepartsfortheDODforfighterjets,attackhelicopters,smallarms,andalsoguidedmissilelaunchers.
ButitturnsoutthattheCEOandownerofthiscompany,JerryWang,isanactiveChineseCommunistPartymemberinmultipleCCPinfluenceandIntelorganizations.There’snothinglikepayingyournumberoneenemytomakeyourweapons.HopefullyTrump’sDefenseSecretaryPeteHegsethwillthoroughlyinvestigate.
ErnstemphasizedthenationalsecurityrisksofsuchanarrangementasDODhaswithS&L.
“S&L,whollyownedbyWang,reportedlyproducesandsuppliescriticalcomponentsforU.S.militaryaircraftandweapons,includingcomponentsfortheF-
