Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterHard Sell: Detroit links bailout, national defense (AP)
Published 11/18/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Desperate for a $25 billion government rescue package, U.S. automakers and their allies in Washington are warning that U.S. national security would be harmed if Detroit goes under and takes its vast chain of parts suppliers along with it. Truth is, that argument is a tough sell.
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