Original sentence: (One major United Defense program was the XM2001 Crusader self-propelled howitzer which was cancelled by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in early 2002 causing United Defense stock prices to fall 27 percent.Caryle acquired United Defense Industries in October 1997, bringing in over 60% of Carlyle's defense business.Caryle completed the sale of all of its United Defense stock and exited the investment in April 2004--in private equity terms, the investment was "realized" at that time.United Defense went public on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2001 with Carlyle retaining a stock ownership position
Edited sentence: A much smaller contract was awarded to United Defense to capture technologies developed during the eight years of development.Critics refer to Carlyle as a private military contractor, because it owns controlling or partial interests in several military contractors.For example, it used to own United Defense Industries, which was developing the Crusader artillery project.This project was funded in eight consecutive Clinton budgets but was cancelled soon after Bush became president, eliminating the remaining $9 billion of the original $11 billion contract