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Rice Sets New Rules for Guards

But Blackwater may still get the ax

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2007 3:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Private security contractors in Iraq will operate under tougher controls and tighter supervision, according to new State Department rules approved by Condoleezza Rice today, but they won't be supervised by the military, as Defense's Robert Gates had proposed. Measures include investigative "go teams"'... Read full story »

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