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DUNLAP, TENNESSEEmdash; Robert Kwasnik has a zipper problem mdash; and it has come to the attention of the highest levels of the U.S. government.Kwasnik is president of Dunlap Industries, a small manufacturing company in Appalachia that for more t stanley cup han 15 years made zippers for U.S. military uniforms mdash; until last year, when a competitor complained that not all of the parts the company was using were from the U.S.The irony It was a Japanese company that filed the complaint. A federal law known as the Berry Amendment requires the government to give preference to products made and sourced in America. But in today s global economy, Kwasnik says it is next to impossible to have every component of a product sourced in the U.S. As a result, he says, the law mdash; which was introduced around the time of World War II to protect U.S. defense businesses mdash; is now benefiting Japan-based YKK Corp., the world s largest manufacturer of stanley uk zippers. Trump highlights campaign promise of America First in Wisconsin 06:44 The company s YKK North America division manufactures zippers in Georgia mdash; and now has some of the contracts Dunlap lost. Division president Jim Reed said in a statement th stanley cup at his company filed the complaint against Dunlap because the price of p Akfk Abortion Ban Foes Fight Back
CBS News WASHINGTON - President Obama s not-so-great week last week continued into the weekend.Statements he made about the economy turned into campaign fuel for Mitt Romney.Republicans continued to blast the president over the weekend for his remarks Friday about the health of the private sector. Sunday, Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels joined the chorus of Republicans denouncing the president s statement that the private sector is doing fine. It s just sadly symptomatic of an incredible blind spot he has, Daniels said on Fox News. He doesn t understand where wealth and jobs come from. Mr. Obama had intended to blame Congress for not moving on his job bills - particularly the one tha copo stanley t would give states money to hire public employees like teachers and first responders.Full coverage: Election 2012He contrasted the loss of those jobs to job growth in the private sector, saying, The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. That last sentence - taken alone - brought an immediate hail of derision from Republicans, and forced Mr. Obama to correct the record later in the day when h stanley cup e said, Listen, it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. Even though stanley thermos mug the Bureau of Labor Statistics says the private sector has grown by 2 million jobs in the past year while state and local governments have c
DUNLAP, TENNESSEEmdash; Robert Kwasnik has a zipper problem mdash; and it has come to the attention of the highest levels of the U.S. government.Kwasnik is president of Dunlap Industries, a small manufacturing company in Appalachia that for more t stanley cup han 15 years made zippers for U.S. military uniforms mdash; until last year, when a competitor complained that not all of the parts the company was using were from the U.S.The irony It was a Japanese company that filed the complaint. A federal law known as the Berry Amendment requires the government to give preference to products made and sourced in America. But in today s global economy, Kwasnik says it is next to impossible to have every component of a product sourced in the U.S. As a result, he says, the law mdash; which was introduced around the time of World War II to protect U.S. defense businesses mdash; is now benefiting Japan-based YKK Corp., the world s largest manufacturer of stanley uk zippers. Trump highlights campaign promise of America First in Wisconsin 06:44 The company s YKK North America division manufactures zippers in Georgia mdash; and now has some of the contracts Dunlap lost. Division president Jim Reed said in a statement th stanley cup at his company filed the complaint against Dunlap because the price of p Akfk Abortion Ban Foes Fight Back
CBS News WASHINGTON - President Obama s not-so-great week last week continued into the weekend.Statements he made about the economy turned into campaign fuel for Mitt Romney.Republicans continued to blast the president over the weekend for his remarks Friday about the health of the private sector. Sunday, Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels joined the chorus of Republicans denouncing the president s statement that the private sector is doing fine. It s just sadly symptomatic of an incredible blind spot he has, Daniels said on Fox News. He doesn t understand where wealth and jobs come from. Mr. Obama had intended to blame Congress for not moving on his job bills - particularly the one tha copo stanley t would give states money to hire public employees like teachers and first responders.Full coverage: Election 2012He contrasted the loss of those jobs to job growth in the private sector, saying, The truth of the matter is that, as I said, we ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. That last sentence - taken alone - brought an immediate hail of derision from Republicans, and forced Mr. Obama to correct the record later in the day when h stanley cup e said, Listen, it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. Even though stanley thermos mug the Bureau of Labor Statistics says the private sector has grown by 2 million jobs in the past year while state and local governments have c