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How Retired Military Officers Make Bank As Pentagon 'Mentors'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Contractors, Pogo, Project on Government Oversight, Lobbyblog, Defense Department, Business News

The revolving door is spinning rapidly for retired admirals and generals, more than 125 of whom have been re-hired by the Pentagon to serve as "senior...

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One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

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It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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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 09.24.2009 | 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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Embassy Whistleblower Fired For Exposing Afghanistan Scandal

The Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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The Project on Government Oversight has just learned that one of its sources for exposing apparent acts of physical and sexual harassment by a State D...

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US Embassy Guards Gone Wild In Kabul: Prostitution, Brawls, And Vodka Butt Shots

Mother Jones | Daniel Schulman | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Wackenhut, g4s, Afghanistan, Pogo, Camp Sullivan, Us Embassy in Kabul, Kabul, Hillary Clinton, Project on Government Oversight, ArmorGroup North America, World News

Drunken brawls, prostitutes, hazing and humiliation, taking vodka shots out of buttcracks-- no, the perpetrators of these Animal House-like antics are...

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'Extreme' Pogoers Do Backflips, Hop Minivans (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal | By KRIS MAHER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

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PITTSBURGH -- Some consider 20-year-old Fred Grzybowski the best pogo-stick rider in the world, able to leap over a minivan, among other feats. But hi...

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Ryan Grim

Treasury Toxic Asset Program Rife With Conflicts Of Interest

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

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The hiring of private firms to provide "independent" advice to both the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve raises concerns about potential co...

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