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Wasteful Spending By Private Contractors In Afghanistan Climbs To $1 Billion, As Their Numbers Multiply

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Contractors, Dyncorp, Afghanistan, Halliburton, Private Contractors in Afghanistan, Fluor Afghanistan, DynCorp Afghanistan, Afghan Contractors, Fluor, Politics News

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama emphasized the need to learn the lessons of Iraq, criticizing the use of private contractors in that co...

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The Real Reason Obama Isn't Making Much Progress

Johann Hari | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Kbr Rape Case, Copenhagen 2009, Halliburton, Slavery, Al Franken, Jamie Leigh Jones, Health Care Reform, Iraq, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Johann Hari

The institutions that are blocking progress have rallied over the past few months to defend two causes with very little popular support in the United States: rape and slavery. No, really.

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R.I.P. Shane Ratliff, Halliburton Whistleblower

Kerry Candaele | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Blackwater, Caci, Halliburton, Brave New Films, Iraq for Sale, Halliburton/Kbr, War Profiteering, Robert Greenwald, Iraq War, Politics News
Kerry Candaele

His story sketched out the coordinates of greed that connected Houston to Baghdad, and ran through Washington D.C., during the Bush reign.

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General Petraeus Joins Troops Diagnosed With Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: 101st Airborne, Battalion, Troops, Burn Pits, Depleted Uranium, Iraq, 526 FSB, Baghdad, Cancer, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mosul, Walter Reed, Al Jazeera News, Babil Cancer Centre, Christopher Busby, Operation Purple Heart, Sharif Al-Alwachi, General David Petraeus, Shock and Awe, Kbr, Charles Lewis, Fran E. Stuart, Kellogg Brown & Root, World News
R. B. Stuart

In 2003 General Petraeus led the troops into the massive battle of "shock and awe" in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 101st Airborne was the first to pav...

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Jason Linkins

Meet The Senators Who Voted Against The Franken Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contractor Abuse, Kbr, Defund Acorn Act, Al Franken, Acorn, Politics News

I think that all homo sapiens can understand how the mere thought of an organization that receives government money through contract mechanisms being ...

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Senate Passes Amendment To Prevent KBR and Halliburton From Getting Away With Raping Employees (Literally)

Howie Klein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Sessions, Rape, Kbr, Halliburton, Al Franken, Jamie Leigh Jones, Politics News
Howie Klein

Al Franken offered the amendment because of a KBR employee, age 19, who was raped by a bunch of KBR workers in Iraq. After she was rescued, she was informed that she couldn't take KBR to court.

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It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Edolphus Towns, Congressman Grayson, Seiu, Government Oversight, Defund Acorn Act, Congressman Towns, Pogo, Henry Waxman, Alan Grayson, Democrats, Kbr, Congressman Waxman, Blackwater, Energy and Commerce Committee, Defense Contractors, Government Contractors, Project of Governement Oversight, Acorn, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

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To the Dems Who Voted to 'Defund ACORN': Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, AT&T, Erik Prince, Mercenaries, Lockheed Martin, Project on Oversight and Government Reform, Dell, Blackwater, Acorn, Boeing, Fedex, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans, Pogo, Democrats, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Aig, Mark Sanford, Acorn, John Ensign, Voter Registration, Boeing, Blackwater, Mickey Mouse, Breaking News, Citicorp, Community Organizing, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Haliburton, David Vitter, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right hates it when poor people vote.

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KBR Contractor Shot Dead At Camp Speicher In Iraq; Soldier Detained

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Kbr, U.S. Military Base, Camp Speicher, Iraq War, Iraq, Contractor Killed, Investigation, Contractor, Home News

BAGHDAD (AP)-- A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been d...

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Are We Poisoning Our Troops? Congress Takes Critical Step in Addressing Burn Pits in Iraq, Afghanistan

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cancer, Veteran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Congress, Iava, Department of Defense, Burn Pit, Paul Rieckhoff, Kbr, Carol Porter-Shea, Tim Bishop, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

When our troops deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, they have enough to worry about from insurgents, snipers and roadside bombs. They shouldn't also have to worry about poison in the air they breathe.

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Oregon Soldiers Sue KBR For Exposure To Cancer-Causing Chemical

The Oregonian | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cancer Causing Chemicals, Kbr Cancer Causing Chemicals, Kbr Oregon, Oregon Soldiers, Kbr Soldiers, Government Contracting, Kbr, Politics News

Five current and former Oregon Army National Guard soldiers filed suit Monday against a war contractor that they say knowingly exposed them to a cance...

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Wartime Contracting Report Finds Waste, Lax Oversight

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wartime Contracting, War Time Contracting, Kbr, Kbr Contracting, Contracting Report, Wartime Contracting Report, Wartime Contracting Oversight, Iraq, Afghanistan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military o...

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Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten?

Pratap Chatterjee | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: War Contractors, Kbr, Iraq War Contractors, Halliburton, Business News
Pratap Chatterjee

How did Halliburton, once branded the ugly stepchild of Dick Cheney and a poster child of war profiteering, receive absolution from anti-war activists and the media?

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Corporate Bribery: The Biggest Scandals (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Siemens AG, Bae, Kbr, Corporate Bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Slideshow, Siemens, BAE Systems, Fcpa, Business News

Lavish gifts, briefcases full of cash, greased palms. Recently, several large, multinational corporations have been accused of violating the Foreign C...

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For Memorial Day: How KBR Killed U.S. Soldiers

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Kbr, Kellog Brown and Root, Iraq, Troop Fatalities, Electrocutions, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

It was good to see an editorial in the New York Times this morning blasting KBR for trying to give its people bonuses in light of the recent revelations about its shoddy electrical work in Iraq.

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Dullness: A Euphemism for Status Quo

Judith Ellis | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Kbr, Ayn Rand, Tom Peters, Halliburton, Arianna Huffington, David Brooks, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq War, Business News
Judith Ellis

Brooks and his ilk also like to pretend that there is some big separation between government and big business when in reality they have been in bed for years.

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US Army Paid KBR Bonuses Despite Soldiers' Deaths Resulting From Shoddy Work

Reuters | Thomas Ferraro | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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The U.S. Army paid $83.4 million in bonuses to KBR Inc., its biggest contractor in Iraq, despite accusations its wiring work has been linked to the el...

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Pentagon Acquisition Mismanagement Leads to Questionable Contract Awards

Dina Rasor | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: DOD Reform, Iraq Contractors, Kbr, Iraq, KBR Electrocution, Afghanistan, Politics News
Dina Rasor

I have been writing about the problems with Iraq and Afghanistan contractor KBR since 2006 but the beat goes on. My co-author, Robert Bauman (Betrayin...

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"Mission Accomplished" Bush Gets the Last Laugh in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, " Project for New American Century, "Afghan Arabs, Pakistan, General Raymond Odierno, George W. Bush, Xe, General David Petraeus, "Soft Power, Obama Administration, Iraq, Robert Kagan, Pnac, Dick Cheney, Kbr, Blackwater, Kashmir, Iraq Policy, Middle East. Baghdad, Inter-Services Intelligence, President Barack Obama, Isi, Halliburton, Iraq Occupation, Afghan Policy, Afghanistan War, The Foreign Policy Initiative, Thomas Ricks, " General Pervez Musharraf, " Iraq War, Afghanistan, India, William Kristol, "Mission Accomplished, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.

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Government Forced to Back Down on Misdirected Halliburton Case

Ray Hanania | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Kuwait, Jeff Mazon, President Obama, President Bush, US Justice Department, Halliburton, Politics News
Ray Hanania

The U.S. Justice Department withdrew its 10-count major frauds charge against Jeff Mazon and instead accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement -- a victory for Mazon and a black eye both for the Justice Department and Judge McDade,

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The Military's Expanding Waistline

Pratap Chatterjee | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Contracts, Kbr, Army Meals, Dick Cheney, Obama Iraq, Iraq Contractors, Army Recruitment, Dick Cheney Kbr, World News
Pratap Chatterjee

It is ironic that the men who drive across a battle zone, dodging stones, bullets, and IEDs to bring ice cream, lobster tails, and ammunition to U.S. soldiers have to beg for food themselves.

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A Military Family Treated Shabbily -- a Demand for Accountability

Hal Donahue | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Military, Army, Kbr, Senator Bob Casey, Senator Dorgan, Kellog Brown and Root, Iraq, Ryan Maseth, Soldiers, US Military, US Soldiers, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Sgt. Ryan Maseth, a highly decorated Army ranger, stepped into the community shower of his Iraq building, reached out to turn on the water and died, a victim of electrocution.

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Were Troops Poisoned? Vets Demand KBR Come Clean on Toxins in Iraq

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Agent Orange, Contractors, Kbr, Soldiers, Defense, Troops, Iava, Petition, Toxic Exposure, Veterans, Erin Brockovich, James Gentry, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

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.

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Human Rights Inquiry Set For Warehoused Asians In Iraq

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Adam Ashton | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Kbr, Warehoused Asians Iraq, Human Rights Inquiry Warehoused Asians, War in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Kuwaiti Company Iraq, Migrant Workers Iraq, World News

BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military and defense contractor KBR are investigating possible human-rights abuses at a compound near the Baghdad airport where a ...

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