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Indiana casts eye toward more defense spending

By Tom Davies
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials are starting an effort to attract more military spending to the state at the same time the Defense Department is facing billions of dollars in automatic federal budget cuts.

Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann on Monday announced that a longtime civilian executive at southern Indiana’s Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center will lead the state’s new Office of Defense Development.

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