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Detroit Free Press explores a growing part of Michigan's economy in this article about the defense industry and related businesses in the state, including Marinette Marine, which employs many people in Menominee.
Excerpt: The "Arsenal of Democracy" was a term coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940s when auto plants in southeast Michigan were converted to produce the military equipment needed to fight Word War II.
Well, the Arsenal is back, creating jobs in the region and helping diversify the state's economy from its automotive base.
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Source: The Detroit Free Press
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