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by Walter Alarkon - 06/27/08 9:24 AM ET

Republican prospects of holding onto retiring Rep. Vito Fossella’s seat (R-N.Y.) are getting bleaker, as they’ve yet to find a candidate to replace the former GOP primary front-runner, Frank Powers, who died last week, notes Eric Kleefeld. The Pentagon and perhaps the State Department have done business with arms dealer AEY despite the fact that the company and its 21-year-old president were placed on the State Department’s Arms Trafficking Watchlist, writes Andrew Tilghman.

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