A $17 Billion Pot of National-Security Stimulus Aid Goes Begging.

(Bloomberg) -- There's a $17 billion pot of money in the pandemic aid package for companies vital to national security -- and no one seems to want it. The $2 trillion rescue package Congress adopted in late March includes loans and loan guarantees specifically for companies "critical to maintaining national security." There are about 300,000 companies in the Pentagon's contractor supply chain. [Extracted from the article]

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