Jeff Bezos says employee activists are wrong and Silicon Valley firms should feel comfortable doing business with the US military

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Bezos said it's the responsibility of management to push back against employee outrage towards military contracts.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos threw his support behind the US Department of Defense on Friday, saying big tech firms have a responsibility to collaborate with the military or else"this country is in trouble." Employee movements within big tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have been known to scupper big contracts with the Pentagon, the most high-profile being Google's abandoned military drone contract Project Maven.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos threw his support behind the US Department of Defense on Friday, saying big tech firms have a responsibility to collaborate with the military or else"this country is in trouble." Employee movements within big tech companies including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have been known to scupper big contracts with the Pentagon, the most high-profile being Google's abandoned military drone contract Project Maven.

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