Worker Status Checks To Start
Agencies across the federal government on Tuesday will start ordering contractors to use an electronic system to verify whether their employees are el...
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Obama Swiftboats Van Jones
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
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Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.
Remember Gay People?
Jamie Kilstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
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We claim to be the freest, and the best, yet all of our citizens do not have equal rights. Tell the couple who have been together for 15 years that can't adopt a child that we live in the best country in the world.
Report: Contractors Outnumber Troops In Afghanistan By Highest Ratio In U.S. History
HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
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In the clearest sign that the Pentagon has become dependent on privatization, a new report reveals that today there are more defense contractors than ...
The Army Official And The Contractor: A $191 Million "Friendship"
The Washington Post | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics
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He called her Princess. She called him Bubba. They got together whenever they could, sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, traveling to business conferences,...
Can Obama Avoid Another Abu Ghraib?
Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
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The president's recent objection to a provision in the 2010 defense funding bill that would make interrogation an "inherently governmental function" is a huge step backwards.
The Military Industrial Complex: Truck You, Detroit, or Tanks for Nuttin' Update
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
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Our military procurement system is a mess. Our automobile industry is a mess. We might have helped both if we had gotten them to agree to build the next generation of military vehicles together.
Iraqi Judge Releases American Contractors Held In Connection With Death
Washington Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
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Three Americans arrested in connection with the killing of a contractor in Baghdad's Green Zone are being released Wednesday, said their attorney Timo...
Congress Caves To Contractors On Online Stimulus Transparency
Washington Independent | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
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Internet junkies and wonks alike may have jumped the gun in looking forward to the new online transparency hyped by House members who vowed to put con...
Were Troops Poisoned? Vets Demand KBR Come Clean on Toxins in Iraq
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
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From burn pits to power plants, we are hearing more and more about troops who have been exposed to toxins while serving our country overseas.
Explain to Me Why Sending Private Security Contractors to Afghanistan Makes Sense
Patrick Barry | Posted 01.08.2009 | World
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Introducing private security contractors -- lightening rods for controversy in the Muslim world -- into an already volatile situation just seems nonsensical.
The Reno: My House Is Now An Archaeological Site
Danielle Crittenden | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living
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I went over and examined a rectangular pile of bricks. A hole above it indicated previous owners had eventually installed some sort of coal or wood-burning oven in front of it. Renovating. Just like us.
Trouble at the Pentagon
Frida Berrigan | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
Keeping track of the Pentagon's more than half trillion dollar budget is not easy. There is bound to be some slippage -- but being unable to account for $15 billion?
The Pentagon's Fifteen Billion Dollar Pirate Plunder
Paige Donner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
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(No, this is NOT an Indiana Jones Sequel) Yes, you read that correctly. American taxpayers have paid out $15 Billion U.S. dollars in unaccounted for...
Nickels and Dimes: Why the White House Opposes the GI Bill
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
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The administration's argument is that if a GI Bill benefit is too good, it'll reward veterans too richly for their service and draw them away from re-enlisting.
Bush Administration Trying To Stop Fraud Reporting By War Contractors Abroad
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole to track down how _ and why _...
State Department Inspector General Grilled By Congress Over Ties To Blackwater
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
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The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Assessing the State Department Inspector General." Inspector General Howard J. Krongard will ...
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Wall Street Journal | CAM SIMPSON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business