Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has come under fire from constituents for accepting nearly a quarter million dollars in campaign contributions from missile defense contractors over the past five years. Hunter has also drawn criticism for accepting $46,000 from un-indicted co-conspirators implicated in bribing Hunter's friend and San Diego colleague, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who resigned from Congress after pleading guilty.
But Hunter's ties to the defense industry go even deeper... |