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Trump administration military leaders are “thinking about” whether the U.S. should acquire equity stakes in top defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin

, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday.

The Cabinet secretary, in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” revealed the government’s interest in taking those stakes days after the U.S. government acquired 10% of Intel

stock in a roughly $9 billion deal.