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The Business of National Security
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The Business of National Security

While serving in the United States Air Force, L. Eric Patterson was introduced to the world of intelligence. “It intrigued me,” the 59-year-old says of the work he did with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, which conducts criminal investigations and counterintelligence inquiries. “You’re always chasing bad guys.” Patterson retired from the Air Force as a brigadier general in 2005 and took a job with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, providing support to the Department of Defense. Three years later he received a call about an opening at the Defense Intelligence Agency. “I loved Booz Allen, but as a contractor, I just wasn’t part of the fight,” Patterson says.

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A Savings Lesson Well Learned

One of the toughest lessons Emmanuel Twum learned his freshman year in college had nothing to do with his coursework in computer science and math. Twum learned—the hard way—how not to handle his money.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Announces 2016 Wall Street Project Economic Summit

“The Wall Street Project is an evolutionary process,” says Rev. Jackson. “The road to shared economic security travels through two-way trade. Just as America did not realize how good professional sports could be until athletes of all colors could play, American business will not maximize its growth potential until all businesses have an equal opportunity to compete on an even playing field, where the rules are public and the goals are clear."

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