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State Department Fires Vodka Butt-Shots Contractor ArmorGroup

Mother Jones | Daniel Schulman | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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The Animal House antics of ArmorGroup North America's guards have cost the company its 5-year, $189 million State Department contract to protect the U...

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U.S. Approves $209M For Afghan Embassy Projects (POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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According to the U.S. State Department's website, a contract has been awarded for $209,392,452 to build housing and what sounds like a shopping center...

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ArmorGroup: Contractor At U.S. Kabul Embassy May Be Ousted

nytimes.com | GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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The State Department official responsible for overseeing private contracts said Monday that the government was seriously considering terminating its $...

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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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Security Assigned To Oversee Deviant Guards At US Embassy In Kabul

Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer KABUL - The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has banned alcohol and assigned American personnel to watch over ...

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State Department Probing "Lord Of The Flies" Atmosphere At Afghan Embassy

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct among the private security contract...

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Afghan Police: Blast Near US Embassy Kills 4

AP | AMIR SHAH and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 12.28.2008 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of foreign troops exploded about 200 yards (meters) outside the U.S. Embassy in Kab...

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Afghan police: Car bomb explodes near US Embassy

AP | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police say a suicide car bomb has exploded about 200 yards (meters) outside the main entrance to the U.S. Embassy in...

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