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  • August 2008

    • As Troops Exit Iraq, US Spends More on Contractors

      USA Today  |  Aug 28, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      As Troops Exit Iraq, US Spends More on Contractors

      (Newser) - American troops are trickling home, but at a hefty cost: The US has spent more than $1.2 billion this year on private security contractors—mostly to protect diplomats, but also to secure infrastructure and supplies, USA Today reports. The State Department says now that focus has shifted to rebuilding, officials are venturing out of secure areas to do field work and require more protection. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iraq war spending  • contractors  • Iraq contractors  • security contractors

    • Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT

      Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

      (Newser) - The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal . If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax shelters" and "giving bonuses to contractors for work never performed." More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Hurricane Katrina  • contractors  • Katrina aftermath  • KBR  • Halliburton  • cronyism

  • July 2008

    • Military Doc: Contractors In Good Condition

      Washington Post  |  Jul 3, 08 9:30 PM CDT

      Military Doc: Contractors In Good Condition

      (Newser) - The three American hostages rescued after more than five years in captivity in Colombia are in good physical and psychological shape, the Washington Post reports. The defense contractors, who arrived at a military base in Texas last night, were held by Colombian rebels in “very cruel and very spartan” conditions but are doing well and “in great spirits,” military officials said. More »

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      Colombia  • US Army  • hostage  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Ingrid Betancourt  • contractors

  • May 2008

    • Cheer Up! Recession Has a Bright Side

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 24, 08 7:28 PM CDT

      Cheer Up! Recession Has a Bright Side

      (Newser) - While the specter of recession may leave you cold, consider the bright side: These days contractors, starved for work, actually show up on time, and killer gas prices help you to drive around a city like Los Angeles without facing much traffic, Meghan Daum writes in the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      Los Angeles  • gas prices  • recession  • contractors  • highways  • weakening economy  • Meghan Daum

    • Audit Shows Billions Unaccounted for in Iraq

      New York Times  |  May 23, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Audit Shows Billions Unaccounted for in Iraq

      (Newser) - A Pentagon audit of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money spent in Iraq found that nearly all of the handouts skirted federal rules, and millions of dollars in contracts were awarded with little or no record of what they were for, reports the New York Times . Take the $320.8 million that was issued to 1,000 Iraqis for "Iraqi Salary Payment"—$320,800 a head—with no explanation of what they were compensated for. More »

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      Iraq war  • US military  • Pentagon  • Iraq war spending  • contractors  • Iraq contractors  • audit

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • US Seeks Iraqi Authority to Continue War

      New York Times  |  Jan 25, 08 7:10 AM CST

      US Seeks Iraqi Authority to Continue War

      (Newser) - The White House is negotiating with Iraq what critics say is a treaty in all but name and could tie the hands of a future administration, reports the New York Times . The US is insisting on being granted continued authority to conduct the war and calling for legal protection for private contractors from the Baghdad government in a deal that administration officials expect will skirt requirements for Senate ratification . More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Senate  • Pentagon  • State Department  • Blackwater  • contractors  • immunity  • military agreement  • UN mandate

    • Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      Boston Herald  |  Jan 23, 08 6:34 PM CST

      Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      (Newser) - Contractors on the botched Boston construction project dubbed the Big Dig will pay state and federal authorities $458 million for its “gross failures.” But Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff will avoid criminal charges for a fatal 2006 ceiling collapse and won’t be banned from future government contracts, the Boston Herald reports. Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley called it “the best possible solution.” More »

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      Boston  • Massachusetts  • construction  • contractors  • Deval Patrick  • Big Dig

    • Don't Get More Than Seasick

      ABC News  |  Jan 20, 08 11:33 AM CST

      Don't Get More Than Seasick

      (Newser) - If you're one of the 10 million or so Americans who take a cruise this year, make sure you understand that “all-inclusive” doesn’t apply to medical care, says ABC News. Cruise ships have doctors on board, but the operator won’t take responsibility for them. Cruise lines, says a personal-injury lawyer, are “not responsible for your overall medical care.” More »

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      health care  • travel  • doctor  • contractors  • cruise ships  • medical care  • liability  • cruise lines

  • November 2007