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Oct 2023
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How Washington Plays Matchmaker For The ...

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Bloomberg’s Jessica Brice and Michael Smith join this episode to talk about how and why the US Commerce Department is helping the firearms industry find overseas buyers for American-made guns.

Read more: How Hundreds of US Government Employees Became Gun Industry Sales Reps 

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