Sens. Carl Levin, D-MI, left, and John McCain, R-AZ. Chuck Kennedy/MCT
Sens. Carl Levin, John McCain Want United Technologies Suspended From Defense Work -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — Two powerful U.S. senators want the Pentagon to consider suspending or blocking one of the nation’s largest defense contractors from government work because a subsidiary has admitted selling software to China that it knew would be used for military purposes.
In a letter to the secretaries of defense and state, Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz., said the sale by Pratt & Whitney Canada, a division of United Technologies, raised concerns that the deal "may have caused significant harm to our national security."
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