Questionable Earmarks Attract Flak to Local Aerospace Company

By Amita Sharma / Investigative Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 19, 2007 at 2:10 PM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

A local aerospace company chief is defending his twenty-year military jet project that is under fire by congressional investigators who say it's a failure. Full Focus reporter Amita Sharma has more.

Amita Sharma

As an investigative reporter for KPBS, I've helped expose political scandals and dug into intractable issues like sex trafficking. I've raised tough questions about how government treats foster kids. I've spotlighted the problem of pollution in poor neighborhoods. And I've chronicled corporate mistakes and how the public sometimes ends up paying for them.

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