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Friday, November 16, 2012

Adelaide on US Navy radar after Clinton's rave review

Techport Australia shipbuilding facility |US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has heaped praise on Adelaide, buoying local defence officials lobbying for US Navy maintenance contracts.

Mrs Clinton toured the city's $300 million Techport shipbuilding facility on Thursday, where Australia's new air warfare destroyers (AWD) are being built and where much of the work on the next fleet of submarines will be done.

Local officials have been lobbying for some time to add US Navy maintenance work to Techport's growing schedule and continued their efforts during Mrs Clinton's visit.

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