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Spokane, Wash.-Area Firms Seek Homeland-Defense Niche.

By Tom Sowa, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 3--Several Spokane-area technology companies met Monday looking to launch a possible coalition for products and services to the federal government in the area of homeland defense.

In a post-9/11 world, solutions and strategies that improve homeland defense have a strong chance of winning favor from budget planners in Washington, the group heard several speakers say.

Convening the group of about a dozen area firms was Philip Galland, president of Spokane

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